Hardin Obituaries

ELTHA KIMBRELL HARDIN 
Derma [October 1985, Monitor Herald, Calhoun City, MS]  Eltha Kimbrell Hardin, 95, died Thursday at the Hillcrest Hospital in Calhoun City. She was a former lunchroom employee, a member of the Derma Baptist Church and the widow of William Emmett Hardin. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. today at the Pryor-Wilson Funeral Home chapel with the Revs. Elgin West and Glen Putman officiating. Burial will be in the Oak Springs Cemetery.

Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Boyce Ball of Derma, Mrs. John Henry Spencer of Water Valley, and Mrs. Harold Edwards of Bruce; two sons,Charles Scott of Jackson and Bill Hardin of Senatobia; two sisters, Mrs.Lois Davis of Mantee and Mrs. Lera Wright of Houston; eight grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild.
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ELI HARDIN  
Derma, Miss., Jan. 23. - [January 1925, Monitor Herald, Calhoun City,MS]  Mr. Eli Hardin Died January -- Prominent Merchant, Farmer and All-Round Business Man Passes Away- Splendid Man. 
Mr. Eli Hardin, one of the county's most esteemed citizens died at hishome in the Spring Hill community 6 miles south of here today, from generalcomplications of which he had suffered for some time. Mr. Hardin was a consecrated Christian and a leader in his church and community, and a memberof the Masonic Fraterniay [sic] where he was held in high esteem. He was born March 19th, 1851 and married to Miss Alice Herrod, of Bellfountaine, Miss., in 1879 and their union was blessed with the two surviving sons, Dr. J. A. Hardin here, and W. E. Hardin, who resided with him in the home; he leaves a widow to mourn his passing.

He was the oldest son of Dr. Johnothan [sic} Hardin, one of the pioneer doctors of the county, who had seven children, he being the oldest, and there is only one surviving member of the family, Mrs. Eliza Dolar. Mr.Hardin was a man of good business ability and was always very prosperous and always liberal with his means in all benevolent causes. He was always at the head of every good move for the betterment of his country. His remains were interred in the Spring Hill cemetery of which church he had been a faithful member for over half century. Rev. J. M. Spikes of Derma conducted the funeral services. The love and esteem i {sic} which this good man {missing}.
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WILLIAM E HARDIN  
Calhoun City, Miss., Oct. 19. -- [1955] Retired Merchant, Farmtr {sic} of Derma Dies ----Special to the Commercial Appeal
Services for William Emmett Hardin who died at Edmonson Clinic at Vardaman,early Wednesday will be held at Derma Baptist Church Thursday morning at 10:30. The Rev. J. B. Middleton and the Rev. Elton Barlow will conduct the services. Burial will be in Oak Springs Cemetery with Pryor Funeral Home in charge. Mr. Hardin was 72. He was a Baptist, a retired merchant and farmer and had been active in civic and church affairs of the county until his health failed several years ago.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Eltha Kimbrell Hardin, three daughters, Mrs.Boyce Ball of Derma, Mrs. John Henry Spencer and Mrs. Harold Edwards of Ellard; two sons, Charles Scott Hardin of Derma and Bill Hardin of Charleston,and five grandchildren.
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ALICE HARDIN 
[Monitor Herald, Calhoun City, MS Volume 42, Number 12 1941] Mrs. Alice Hardin Dies Wednesday Widow of the Lamented Eli Hardin Succumbs at City -- Burial Thursday.

Mrs. Alice E. Hardin, age 84, died at the home of her son, Dr. J. A.Hardin, at Calhoun City, this (Wednesday) morning, after an illness of several weeks. She had been in ill health for sometime, but her condition grew worse recently and the end came at 8 o'clock this morning.
Mrs. Hardin was a splendid woman. She had lived her entire life in the county and was widely and favorably known. Before here marriage, whe was Miss Alice Harrod, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Harrod, deceased. Since the death of her husband some years ago, she has resided with her sons, Emmett Hardin, of Derma, and Dr. J. A. Hardin, of this city.

She was a kindly and considerate woman -- a good neighbor and loyal to her family and friends. She was a member of the Baptist Church, which she joined while quite young, and had lived a consecrated christian life. Funeral arrangements are under direction of the Pryor Funeral Home, of this city. The funeral will be conducted from the chapel of the Pryor Funeral Home at 9:30 o'clock Thursday morning, followed by interment in the cemetery at Spring Hill. Rev. J. W. T. Siler will have charge of the funeral services and will be assisted by Rev. E. F. Tucker. She is survived by two sons, Dr. J. A. Hardin, Calhoun City, and Emmett Hardin, Derma.
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RUBLE HILL HARDIN 
[Clarion Ledger, Jackson, MS.] Ruble H. Hardin Dies At Jackson on September 9
Mr. Ruble Hill Hardin, age 61, a native of Calhoun County, who was born at Pittsboro during the years his father, the lamented Mike Carroll Hardin served as the County's Sheriff, passed away on Wednesday, September 9,1959, at his residence in Jackson, Miss., where he had resided for the past ten years.

Mr. Hardin had engaged in farming and as a lumberman. He served in the U. S. Military Service during World War I. He also served one term as a member of the Mississippi Legislature from Calhoun County in past years.He was a Baptist. Mr. Hardin had many friends in Calhoun County. Blessed with a pleasing personality and with a good mind, he was affable and pleasant to all with whom he came in contact. His death caused sadness in many homesin Calhoun, since he was related to many families of the county and was well liked by his friends.
He married the former Miss Mattie Lee Doolittle, of Slate Spring, whonow lives in Jackson. His mother also survives and was the former Miss Mallie Elizabeth Neal, of Montgomery County. She, too, lives in Jackson.Funeral services were held at the Wright-Ferguson Funeral Chapel in Jackson,on Friday, Sept 11, with interment in Lakeview cemetery in Jackson.
Besides his wife and mother, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Sarah Frances Hollick, of Jackson, and Miss Ann Born, of Guntersville, Ala.; by a brother, Charley M. Hardin of Calhoun City, and a sister, Mrs. Jessie Phillips, of Hattiesburg; and by five grand-children.
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