Pictured is J.G. Hardeman with his wife Lizzie Davis and their home on Cason Street.
J. G Hardeman was in the Funeral Business in 1891, that business eventually became Casey Funeral Home. His obituary follows.
HENDERSON, Dec. 18, 1943 — Funeral services will be held at the family residence on Cason St. Sunday afternoon at three o’clock for J. G. Hardeman, 76, the oldest merchant in Chester county who died Thursday.
Mr. Hardeman was born in Henderson county, his father having moved there in 1884.
Having graduated from West Tennessee Christian College, he taught school for one session in Shelbina, Missouri, and also about a year at Medon. He entered the hardware business in 1891 and continued active in the business until about two weeks before his passing.
In 1894, he married Miss Lizzie Davis. To them, three children have been born: Robert D. Hardeman, who has continued with his father in business for about thirty years; Netha Hardeman, who died in Denver, Colo., about twenty-five years ago; and Jasper Hardeman. He also leaves a brother T. B. Hardeman of Memphis, who has passed the four-score mark. There are two sisters, Mrs. Ben McIntyre of Jackson and Mrs. L. L. Brigance of Henderson.
Mr. Hardeman has been a member of the Church of Christ from early manhood and has served as an elder for a long number of years. He has also been a member of the Board of Directors of Freed-Hardeman College since its foundation and has been one of its chief advisors and supporters in every way.
Moffitt and Casey in charge.
