Hardenia T.

Jackson

Ms. Hardenia "Ardenia" Jackson was born May 17, 1945 in Alabama to the union of the late Dan and Costella Jackson. Hardenia passed away at her home Sunday, April 27, 2014.

Hardenia moved to Cincinnati, Ohio and was united in Holy Matrimony to Robert McDavid, and to this union eight children were born. She later moved to Dallas, TX where she met Carl Roberson, and they had two children. She then moved to Oklahoma and then back to Alabama where she grew up. She spent her last days happily in her home with her daughter.

Hardenia was a jack of all trades. She worked as a dispatcher for Pinkerton Security and a butcher at Minyards. She loved to spend time with her family, going fishing, gardening, sewing, and singing.
Left to cherish her memory, eight brothers, Benny (Ida Mae) Jackson, Travis (Luereader) Jackson, Curly (Evelyn) Jackson, Willie Lewis (Bessie) Jackson, all of Gainestown, AL; Victor (Nikki) Darrington of Jackson, AL; Madison (Axie Lee) White, Jr. of Fort Worth, TX; Robert (Jean) Jackson and Charles Edward (Patricia) Jackson of Dallas, TX; six sisters, Minnie (Jefferson) Williams of Gainestown, Al; Adline (Alexander) Fox and Ceola Johnson, both of Dallas, TX; Edith McReynolds of Jackson, AL; Marie White and Dora Lee Jackson, both of Cincinnati, OH; seven sons, John (Vickie) McDavid, Joseph (Rotunda) McDavid, Abraham McDavid, William McDavid, and Lonnie McDavid, all of Tulsa, OK; Robert (Tammy) McDavid of Cedar Hills, TX; Dan (Anna) McDavid of Lancaster, TX; three daughters, Rochelle McDavid of Tulsa, OK; Winona (Marcus) Lockett of Lancaster, TX, and Adora McDavid of Gainestown, AL; 19 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Services will be held Sat. March 3, viewing from 1:30 until the 2:30pm service at Gainestown AOH Church, Gainestown; Overseer Heary Rodgers, pastor and eulogist. Burial in Blackford Cemetery, Jackson.