Mrs. Alma Jean Hardy

HARDY, Mrs. Alma Jean - Age 82, passed away Monday, April 28, 2025 at her residence. Family hour 1:00 PM Tuesday, May 6, 2025 from Joy Tabernacle, 2505 N. Chevrolet Ave., with funeral service commencing at 2:00 PM. Pastor Melton Harvey, officiating. Family and friends will assemble at the church. Mrs. Hardy will lie in state in the chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home. Public viewing will be during family hour only. Alma Jean Johnson Hardy was born March 4, 1943, in Enfield, North Carolina to Hattie Johnson and Joseph Watson. She relocated to Flint, Michigan with her husband, Thomas Jefferson Harvey. From this union two children were born, Melvin Harvey and Thomas Harvey. After the death of her husband Alma moved to Chicago Illinois, where she met her husband Rev. Dr. James Hardy, Pastor of True Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church. They were blessed with Cordaro Hardy, Tierra Johnson, Xavier Hardy, David Hardy, Tiona Hardy and Joshua Johnson. Alma accepted Jesus Christ as her personal savior at a young age. Alma was a member of Vessel of God Ministries serving on the Mother’s Ministry and in the Choir. She was also a member of the Veteran’s Durm Circle – VA Saginaw, Michigan. Alma was a very talented entrepreneur founding Clean and Sparkle, a successful household and custodial cleaning service in the Greater Chicago area. Most recently she worked for Carman-Ainsworth School District Food Services and was known by the students as “Mama”. Alma enjoyed teaching Sunday School, singing in the choir, cooking, providing home health care services, playing spades, attending Native American Pow Wows, and shopping. Alma Jean Johnson Hardy leaves to cherish in her memory: five sons, Thomas (Mattie) Harvey, Cordaro Hardy, Xavier Hardy, David Hardy and Joshua Johnson; two daughters, Tierra Johnson and Tiona Hardy; eight grandchildren; brother Pastor Melton (Geneva) Harvey Sr.; 3 sisters, Easter (Rev. Earnest) Ford; Belinda Smith, Carolyn Bell and sister-in-law Vera Harvey; and a host of nieces and nephews, and many other relatives and friends. Alma was preceded in death by her husband’s Rev. Dr. James Hardy and Thomas Jefferson Harvey; Parents Hattie Harvey, Lee Willie Harvey Sr., and Joseph Watson; brother Lee Willie Harvey Jr. and Edward Harvey, Sisters Hazel Yearby, Joyce Thomas, and Izella Harvey. The family would like to thank The Care Hospice Team for their care of Alma and the support provided to the family, and Pastor Robert McCathern and the Joy Tabernacle Church.

Mrs. Alma Jean Hardy

March 4, 1943 - April 28, 2025