ROBERT P HARDY - 1956

Funeral Card for Robert P. Hardy, d. 12 Feb 1956

In Memory of

Robert P. Hardy

born

4 Sep 1879

passed away

12 February 1956

Services Held At

Primitive Baptist Church

Griffin, Ind.

2:00 PM February 14, 1956

Clergyman

Elder James Ellis

Interment

Griffin Cemetery

Pallbearers

Howard P. Simpson, Herman Simpson, Robert E. Simpson, William E. Hardy, Dalton Galbreath, J.T. Buchanan

ROBERT P (BOB) HARDY

Feb 12 1956

Robert P. (Bob) Hardy, 76, for several years a resident of Mt. Vernon during which time he was employed by the former Keck-Gonnerman Co., died at 12:45 p.m. Sunday at the home of a nephew, Howard Simpson, 1107 West Tennessee street, Evansville.  Simpson was reared by his uncle.

The deceased, a native of White county, Ill., a son of Calvin Hardy and Flora Gardner Hardy, came to Mt. Vernon from Griffin.  He had resided in Evansville with the nephew for the last three years.  His health failed a year ago and he had been bedfast since Christmas.

The body is at Short-Niehaus Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon and will remain there until it is taken to Griffin Primitive Baptist Church for the funeral service at 2 p.m. Tuesday.  Burial will be in a Griffin cemetery.

Five nephews and a niece are the nearest surviving relatives. - Howard P. Simpson and Dalton Galbreath, Evansville; Robert E. Simpson, Griffin; Herman Simpson, Brooklyn, N.Y; William E. Hardy, Cape Girardeau, Mo and Mrs. Mervil Snively, Wadesville, In.

*old scrapbook

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Originally submitted by Betty Sellers