COSHOCTON COUNTY OHIO - Beverlie Bernice Hardesty, obit, January 5, 1996 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Gwendolyn Hardesty Oliver 1186 Neil Ave Unit C. Columbus, Ohio 43201 coliver@netwalk.com October 27, 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beverlie Bernice Hardesty, 66, of 15452 CR 274, died Friday January 5, 1996 at Arlington Court Nursing Home in Upper Arlington, Ohio. Born November 11, 1929, in Tyndal, she was the daughter of the late Warren and Ethel (Senter) Cox. After taking an early retirement from the Western Electric Company in Columbus, Ohio, she worked for several years as secretary for the Western District Manager of H & R Block in Columbus, Ohio. After full retirement she and her husband moved back to Coshocton County. On August 4, 1946 she married James Richard Hardesty, Sr. of Conesville, Ohio. Together they raised seven children: Gwendolyn Oliver and Joycelyn Coppock of Coshocton; Jerilyn Cartwright of Virginia Beach, Virginia; James Richard Hardesty, Jr. of Forest Park, New York; Miriam Diehl of Lancaster, Ohio; John Dean Hardesty of Columbus; and Mary Beth Hardesty of Wills Creek. She was the grandmother of 17 and great-grandmother of 13. She is survived by 3 sisters and 1 brother: Hilda Thomas of Coshocton; Doris Slaughter and Beryl Cox of Tyndal; and Elnora Welsh of Columbus. She is also survived by numerous neices, and nephews. She was preceeded in death by a sister, Clesson Hart, and a brother, Max Cox. Beverlie was a member of the Summit United Methodist Church of Columbus, Ohio, but had recently been attending the Conesville United Methodist Church. She had a lifetime commitment to involvement in numerous community activities. ---- NOTE: This is the draft obituary submitted to The Coshocton Tribune and The Columbus Dispatch. Arrangements were with the Given-Dawson Funeral Home in Coshocton, Ohio. Graveside services were in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, Columbus, Ohio on January 10, 1996. Pallbearers were her six adult grandsons. Kenneth Lee Mead, Jr. Craig Allen Mead Jamie Lynn Mead Robert Joseph Cartwright Sean Dean Oliver Cory Matthew Oliver