Mary Jean Gardner, 91, of Greensburg, KY, daughter of the late Howard Thomas Hodges and Mayme Milby Hodges, was born March 8, 1931 in the Coakley Community of Green County and departed this life on Saturday, August 27, 2022 at the University of Louisville Hospital.
She had made a profession of faith at an early age and was a member of the Ladies Chapel United Methodist Church where she served as a Sunday School teacher for many years, along with other duties, and had also served as church treasurer for 25 years. She had taught school for 37 years for the Green County School System. In the early years she taught at the one-room schools at Ward Ridge, Terrill Jones, Fancy Ridge and Pleasant Valley, then at Greensburg. She was a member of the Green County Retired Teachers and Kentucky Retired Teachers. She was also a Kentucky Colonel. Mrs. Gardner was a devoted and loving wife and mother.
SURVIVORS:
Her husband of 69 years: Clarence Hayes “Todd” Gardner of Greensburg
1 daughter & son-in-law: Teresa & Bobby Wade of Indiana
1 daughter & son-in-law: Teresa & Bobby Wade of Indiana
1 daughter-in-law: Diana Tucker & husband, Lanny of Greensburg
1 grandson: Benjamin Tucker
1 sister & brother-in-law: Judith & Jerry Resch of Florida
Sister-in-law: Sarah Hodges of Greensburg
Nieces & nephews: Susan Shaw, David Hodges, Danny Hodges, Garnetta Bale, Steve Gardner, Jeremy Resch, Beth Hodges, Baeda Grimsley, Brandie Shelton, and Brad Hodges
A host of other relatives & friends
Besides her parents, she was also preceded in death by a son, Barry Neal Gardner on October 8, 1981; two sisters and three brothers: Marjorie Bale and Virginia May Hodges, Howard Hodges, Jr., Kenneth Ray Hodges, and William Olen Hodges; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law: Rollin and Zelma Gardner, Juanita Hodges, and Hulet Bale.
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Funeral Service: Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at 12:00pmCT at Cowherd and Parrott Funeral Home with Bro. Garnett Wayne Davis officiating
Besides her parents, she was also preceded in death by a son, Barry Neal Gardner on October 8, 1981; two sisters and three brothers: Marjorie Bale and Virginia May Hodges, Howard Hodges, Jr., Kenneth Ray Hodges, and William Olen Hodges; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law: Rollin and Zelma Gardner, Juanita Hodges, and Hulet Bale.
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Funeral Service: Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at 12:00pmCT at Cowherd and Parrott Funeral Home with Bro. Garnett Wayne Davis officiating
Burial: Ladies Chapel Cemetery
Visitation: After 10:00amCT on Tuesday at Cowherd and Parrott Funeral Home
The family has asked that expressions of sympathy take the form of donations to the Gideon Bible Fund, or the charity of your choice.
Online condolences: www.cowherdandparrott.com or Facebook.
The family has asked that expressions of sympathy take the form of donations to the Gideon Bible Fund, or the charity of your choice.
Online condolences: www.cowherdandparrott.com or Facebook.
PALLBEARERS: Laney Ferguson, Ken Ferguson, Jeff McIntosh, Todd Durrett, Daniel Wengerd, & Steve LoBue
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