Goodbye Grandma Hardison

Tomorrow, Friday the 16th, we will bury my sweet grandma Hardison. She passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on January 12th. It was a shock because I had just seen her on New Years Eve day and she seemed so great. It is also a blessing that she went without pain and without ever having to live anywhere but in her own home. I will miss her so much and I know how lucky I am to have had her in my life for almost 32 years. I have always been very thankful that my brother and I were blessed with two of the best sets of grandparents anyone could ask for. Grandma was good to me in every way and I looked forward to our visits always from when I was little all the way until 12/31/08. She was always excited to receive my phone calls and we had wonderful conversations. She was most recently excited to talk to me when I called to tell her we were having a girl. She had four boys so she thought it was so special that I would be having a baby girl. She was crazy about Lucas and thought he could do no wrong. I am grateful to have so many sweet pictures of the two of them. She never got a computer so I still got to enjoy receiving and writing letters and cards with her. I will miss those very much.

My uncle was killed in Vietnam and I have always apprecitated the fact that she had to go through such a tragedy and still carry on. She was a strong woman that loved God and I know she is enjoying His company and the reunion with my grandpa and her son.

I loved her very much and I am so thankful to have had such a wonderful grandmother in my life. Even though she is in the best place, please pray for my dad, his brothers and the rest of our family as we have to go on without her...until we meet again.

I am posting a few pictures. I only have pictures from 2004 to 2008 on this computer but, these are some good ones!

Obituary from the Tennessean:
Marguerite Smith Hardison
HARDISON, Marguerite SmithAge 88 of Bowling Green, died Monday, January 12, 2009 at 5:01 p.m., at the Medical Center in Bowling Green. The Woodburn, KY native was a daughter of the late William Finley Smith and Eunice Perkins Smith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Erwin C. Hardison, Jr.; her son, Robert S. Hardison, who was a recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross for his service in Vietnam, and her brother, William F. Smith, Jr. Mrs. Hardison was a homemaker, a graduate of Rockfield High School and attended the Bowling Green Business College. She was a member of Broadway United Methodist Church. Private graveside services will be held at a later date, at the Hermitage Memorial Gardens in Hermitage, TN. Words of condolences may be sent in the form of e-mail to jvpfh@bellsouth.net. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Hospice of Southern Kentucky, 5872 Scottsville Road, Bowling Green, KY 42104 or to Broadway United Methodist Church, 1232 Melrose Street, Bowling Green, KY 42104. Survivors include three sons, Erwin C. "Buddy" Hardison and his wife Denise of Kingston Springs, TN, David L. Hardison of Fremont, CA and James D. Hardison of St. Louis, MO; two brothers, Joseph C. Smith and his wife Mary of Chester, VA and Harold P. Smith and his wife Georgiana of Bowling Green; one sister, Daisy L. Smith of Bowling Green; three grandchildren, Kevin R. Hardison and his wife Debi of Goodlettsville, TN, Holly E. Pring and her husband David of Nolensville, TN and Eryn R. Hardison of Lawrence, KS; four great-grandchildren, Matthew Love, Kayla Gill, Ethan Chase Hardison, all of Goodlettsville, TN and Lucas Henry Pring of Nolensville, TN; several nieces and nephews.