Ms. NORA CONROY HARE

Visitation for Ms. Nora Conroy Hare will be held 5 PM – 7 PM Saturday, April 4, 2026, at John E. Stephens Chapel.

Ms. Nora Conroy Hare, 86, passed away Saturday, March 28, 2026. She was born in Clonaslee, County Laois, Ireland on September 13, 1939.

After marrying a United States Airman in England, she migrated to the US in 1962 and was naturalized in 1968. She resided in Plattsburg, Mississippi for the majority of her life. She was Catholic by birth, Baptist by heart.

Her greatest joy in life was being Nanny to all of her grandchildren and great grandchildren. If she wasn't inside knitting and watching her soaps, she was outside tending to her flower beds, drinking her boxed wine, and listening to her actual true love, Conway Twitty.

She was a cosmetologist and CNA, although she held many jobs throughout her life and made so many friends along the way. She was selfless, witty, stubborn, and above all, fearless. She was proud of her Irish roots, as proud as she was to be an American, and she loved her Jesus.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Julius Lavon Hare; parents, William and Mary Stanley Conroy; brothers, William, Paddy, Ned, Matt, and Bernie Conroy; sisters, Una Conroy, Bridgette Hill; sisters and brothers-in-law, Harold Hare, Dorothy and Leroy Rogers, Patsy Thrash.

Survivors include her daughter, Shana Lenore Swindle; grandchildren, Thomas Jai Swindle, Una Elizabeth Christine McCollum (Zackary), Teela Riann Woodson (Gregory); great-grandchildren, Lexi, Bentley, Asher, Jaxton McCollum; brothers, Tom, Billy, Tim, Jim Conroy; sisters, Eileen McFadden, May Rothenburg; son-in-law, Thomas Swindle; sister-in-law, Barbara Hare; dear friend, Elmer Burnett; beloved dog, Draco and a multitude of nieces and nephews.

Honorary pallbearers are Gregory Woodson, Zackary McCollum, Glenn Davis, Myron Davis, Elmer Burnett, and Butch Burns.