Barbara Lorraine Hardy

Barbara Lorraine Hardy, age 92, of Chattanooga died Monday February 13, 2012 at her home, Southern Heritage Assisted Living. She was born December 7, 1919 in Milwaukee, WI the daughter of the late William and Anna (Pershaw) Dalton. Along with her parents she was preceded in death by her husband James Clayton Hardy and a grandson Adam Fredrick Ray.

She was a member of the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church and had served as the librarian at the Lutheran School.

Survivors include a son Vernon C. “Skip” Hardy and his wife Harriet of Baltimore, MD; daughters Nancy Burkhalter and her husband Don of Ellijay, GA and Virginia Parham and her husband Michael of Sale Creek; grandchildren Steven Ray and his wife Diane of Chattanooga, Justin Ray and his wife Catherine of Charleston, SC, Jennifer Carter and her husband Bill of Denver, CO, Kate Parham Erolino and her husband Matt of Chattanooga and Mary Alex Parham of Asheville, NC; nine great grandchildren.

She will be buried by her husband James Clayton Hardy in Statesboro, GA at a later date.

Memorial donations may be made to Amedisys Hospice of Chattanooga, 7161 Lee Hwy, Chattanooga, TN 37421

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: II Timothy 4:7

Arrangements under the direction of Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory & Florist-East Chapel, East Ridge, TN.