
Mary Jones Hardy, 83, was the daughter of the late John Oliver and Erna Coker Jones. She was a native of Neshoba County and has been a resident of Madison for many years. She retired after 21 years of work at a child daycare center and she was a member of Madison First Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband Thomas Claudie Hardy. Survivors include her sons, Jerry Claudie Hardy and wife, Judy of Vicksburg, Carol Frank Hardy and wife, Kay of Crocker, TX, Dale Hardy and wife, Robyn of Longview, TX, and Mark Wayne Hardy and wife, Kelli of Madison; grandchildren, Kim Adams and husband, Japheth, Jessica Scherm and husband, Karl, Jennifer Hardy, Jay Hardy and wife, Beth, Stephen Hardy, and Ashleigh Hardy; three great grandchildren; and brother, Wyndel Jones and wife, Audie of Franklin, TN.