Margaret Lucille Hardy

Coleman Funeral Home of Southaven Margaret Lucille Hardy, 78, passed away Friday, December 29, 2023, in Southaven, MS, at Desoto Healthcare, after a hard battle with Alzheimer’s disease. On Christmas Day she was surrounded by siblings, nieces, children and grandchildren who celebrated her life and shared memories of her loving spirit. A visitation will be held Thursday, January 4, 2024, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., with the funeral service starting at 12:00 p.m., all at Carriage Hills Baptist Church (8352 Farmington Dr W, Southaven, MS 38671). Bro. Greg Hurtt and Matt Brady will officiate. Interment will be at Oak Hill Cemetery in Water Valley, MS. Coleman Funeral Home of Southaven is in charge of arrangements. Margaret Lucille Melton Hardy was a loving and adored daughter, sister, aunt, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was a devoted wife to her husband Don and they were an inseparable pair for more than 61 years. Lucille was born in Big Creek, Mississippi, on January 28, 1945, the third daughter of Howard and Earline Melton. When she was ten she and her older sisters Ann and Frances were joined by brother James. She attended Water Valley High School where she met Donald Hardy, the son of Grade and Ruby Hardy. They were married in 1962 and moved immediately to Memphis where Don had a job with the Illinois Central Railroad. Their son Terry was born in 1964 and daughter Tracy McGee in 1967. Don and Lucille lived in Whitehaven for many years and later settled in Horn Lake, Mississippi. She was a loving grandmother to her two grandchildren Zachary Harpole, born 1990, and Hannah Harpole Alley, born 1992. Her great-grandson Tanner Alley was born in 2022. To her children and grandchildren, there could have been no more loving spirit. She was a teacher and caregiver her entire life and not just to her immediate family. She became something of an adoptive mother or grandmother to many and was much loved by all whose lives she had the opportunity to touch. Lucille was known for her servant heart. She was a longtime member of Westmont/Greenbrook Baptist Church and later Carriage Hills Baptist Church in Southaven. Over decades she taught Sunday School and kept the nursery inspiring and influencing countless children in their journey towards Christ. She and Don also had a special calling to care for the elderly members of their church. They visited many who were invalid and brought others to and from church when they were unable to make it on their own. Lucille is survived by her husband, Donald G. Hardy, of Horn Lake, MS; children, Terry (Sherry) Hardy, of Hernando, MS, and Tracy (Sammy) McGee, of Southaven; grandchildren, Zach Harpole, of Memphis, TN, and Hannah (Brent) Alley, of Southaven; great grandson, Tanner Alley, of Southaven; and her siblings, Ann (Carroll) Crenshaw, Frances Johnson, and James (Joann) Melton, all of Water Valley, MS. She was preceded in death by her parents, Howard and Earline Dunn Melton. Expressions of condolences can be shared on her Tribute Wall at www.colemanfuneralhome.com.

Margaret Lucille Hardy

January 28, 1945 - December 29, 2023

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