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Betty Hardy Obituary
Alexandria - Services for Mrs. Betty J. Liggins Hardy will be Saturday, August 31, 2019 at 11:00 AM at First Evening Star Baptist Church with the Rev. Ron Williams officiating. Burial will be in the First Evening Star Baptist Church cemetery under the direction of Good Shepherd Funeral Home.
Mrs. Betty Hardy, 81, passed away on August 26, 2019 at 3:30 AM at Christus St. Francis Cabrini Hospital. Betty lived a fruitful and fulfilling life bearing eight children and raising them all to be first-generation college graduates. She worked as a resident training aide at Pinecrest for 20 years until retirement. She is noted for her work with both Girl's Scouts and Boy's Scouts.
She is preceded in death by parents: Samuel and Rosa; brothers: Nathaniel, Samuel, James; sisters: Elizabeth and Dorothy; children: Shirley and Vincent; grandchild: Michael Hardy Jr.; and great-grandchild: Christian Jackson.
Those left to cherish her memories include: sons: Michael, Jerry and Marvin Hardy; daughters: Deborah Ford, Sylvia Quinney, and Terry Thomas; brother: Randolph Liggins; sisters: Lucille Reed, Mary Liggins, and Rose Augustine; ten grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Friends may call from 8 AM until time of services at the church.
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
Deborah Ford
September 7, 2019
Thinking of you Mama. May you Rest In Peace
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Aunt Getherine and sons
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Ralph Liggins, Glenda Moore Blake & Jerome Liggins
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
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Uncle Randolph Liggins & Aunt Mary Liggins
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Aunt Mary Liggins & Nephew Jon Liggins
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Glenda Moore Blake
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Memories of Mom and family
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Mom's children 1993 all six
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Deborah Ford & Marie Babineaux
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Roses overlay on mom's casket
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Aunt Lucille and family
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Jerome Liggins, Lyman Ford, & Jon Liggins
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Ralph Liggins and sister Sandra Liggins
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Deborah Ford and her girls April and Haylie
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Memorable pictures of Mom and her children
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Jon and David Liggins
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Steve and Dottie Thomas
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Vernilla Brooks & Lyman Ford
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Kera and Aunt Lucille Reed
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Betty's nephews
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Terri Lewis
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Dottie, Jon, and Jokeeta
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Deborah Ford & Elaine Figaro
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Bernard & Marva Reed
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Jon & uncle Randolph Liggins
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Courtney Hardy & April Ford Jackson
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Jon and Aunt Lucille
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Kera and Dottie
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Betty's nephews
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Mom's oldest living sister Lucille Reed & Jon Liggins
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Jon, Uncle Randy & Aunt Mary Liggins
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Terri Lewis & Jon Liggins
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Deborah and Lyman Ford
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Brittany and Jon
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Betty Hardy's children
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Aunt Gertherine and son Jon Liggins
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Mike Hardy & Jon Liggins
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Terri Lewis, Mike Hardy, Ralph, Jerome and David Liggins
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Bernard Reed & Jon Liggins
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Jon Liggins & Jo Anne Liggins
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Terry Thomas & Deborah Ford
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Bernard Rees and Jon Liggins
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
Vernilla & family
Deborah Ford
September 3, 2019
LaSandra Washington
September 3, 2019
We are sorry we couldn't make it out for your beautiful homegoing but we know you are resting well with your brothers.
Rose Olidge
September 2, 2019
So sorry for your loss, condolences to the family.
September 2, 2019
Deborah, Micheal, Sylvia,Terry and Marvin our Mother is Finally Home
A beautiful mind that first thought of us
A womb that kept us safe
A smile that exploded
The first time she saw our face
Loving arms that cradled us
Gentle hands that brushed our hair
A contagious, vibrant laugh
That still lingers in the air
Two lips that kissed my banged up knees
And wiped away our tears
A tongue that prayed continuously
Through all our childhood years
Approving eyes that watched me grow
That never missed a show
Ears that listened to all our hurts
Advice that helped us mature is
A faith that helped me spread our wings
Her spirit made us strong
Encouragement that made us brave
That helped me write our songs
The greatest mom, my truest friend
I wish I could see your smile
Still, today my heart leaps with joy
Because I had you for a while
Eighty-one years, spent and gone
A life that briefly touched our own
A smile on her Savior's face
A soul that's finally home
Memories of Mom
Deborah Ford
September 1, 2019
Thanks to all for your words of comfort... The Family of Betty Liggins Hardy
jacquelyn green
August 31, 2019
She will always be with you forever as long as you live
August 31, 2019
So sorry for your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Nora Steele, New Orleans
Monique Edwards
August 30, 2019
My thoughts and prayers Deborah are with you and your family.
Aletha Bass-Hardy
August 30, 2019
Although my time with you was very short, I know you were a wonderful woman and a marvelous mom. Take your rest in the arms of the Lord, mother-in-law.
I pray for strength and peace for the family.
❤❤
Terry Thomas
August 30, 2019
I love you, Mama!
I love my Mom!
Deborah Ford
August 30, 2019
May the work i've some speak for me, had always been your mantra and you raised us to this high standard as well. Rest Mom. You have fought a good fight. I will love and cherish you forever.
Love,
Your daughter Deborah
Pamela Fudge
August 30, 2019
Keeping you my prayers; God, guide this family today toward to You.
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