Obituary For Harvie Shields Hardy



Harvie Shields Hardy, 83, of 465 Cascade Avenue, passed away Thursday evening, November 11, 2010 at Morehead Memorial Hospital. A funeral service will be held at 2 PM on Sunday, November 14, at Fair Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Danview Cemetery. Mr. Hardy was born February 18, 1927 at Leaksville Junction, Cascade, Virginia to the late Andrew Jackson and Ola Rawlins Chumley Hardy. Harvie retired from Roy Stone and Macfield after driving trucks for over 40 years. He loved his job as a driver and enjoyed telling stories of his road trips. Harvie was also an avid farmer and hunter. He enjoyed any activity that kept him outside , especially working the land. Also, he enjoyed fishing, turtle fishing and keeping bees. Surviving is his daughter, Karen Hardy and husband, Calvin Gover of Cascade, VA; sons, David Hardy and wife, Pam of Eden, Roland Johnson of Eden, Donald Johnson and wife, Bonnie of Reidsville, and Andrew Hardy of Florida; Eight grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; sisters, Ann Hardy Clyburn of Eden, Nell Hardy Lillard of Ruffin, and Sue Jackson Barber and husband, Wayne of Reidsville; and sisters-in-law, Marie Hardy of Ruffin and Lilly Hardy of Reidsville In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers, Seawood Hardy, Cecil Dillard Hardy, Curtis "Bud" Hardy; and sisters, Dora Hardy Gammon, Edna Hardy Hudson, and Clemmons Hardy Toler. The family will receive friends Saturday evening, 7 - 9 PM at Fair Funeral Home and other times at the home of David and Pam Hardy, 306 S. Bryd Street in Eden. Online condolences may be offered the Hardy family at www.fairfuneralhome.com