Mr. Leandrew "Lil' Hat" Hardman

HARDMAN, Mr. Leandrew "Lil' Hat"- age 66, passed away Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at Select Specialty Hospital-Flint. Family hour 10:30 a.m. Saturday, September 6, 2014 at New Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 1601 Chippewa St. with funeral service commencing at 11 a.m. Pastor Jacob Hawkins, Jr. officiating. Interment Lovedale Memorial Cemetery, 5175 E. Bristol Rd., Burton, MI. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Mr. Hardman will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd. and may be viewed from 12 p.m.-8 p.m. Friday. Mr. Leandrew “Lil Hat” Hardman, Sr. was born January 24, 1948 in Little Rock, Arkansas the son of Leo and Sedalia (Mizer) Hardman. Leandrew moved to Flint in the early 1960’s. In 1963 he became a member of New Zion Baptist Church where he remained a faithful member, over 41 years, serving on the usher board and singing in the choir. He loved singing in the choir, and continued going to rehearsals as often as he could during his illness. Leandrew graduated from Flint Northwestern High School in 1967 where he played football and was a track star setting a record in the 880 yard run; a record which lasted over 20 years. In 1971 Lee married Laura Ann Boyd and to this union four children were born. Laura passed away in 2001. In 2004, Leandrew retired from the Flint Metal Center, after 38 years of service. He was a “die hard” U of M fan, “Go Blue!” Leandrew had a passion for fishing, planting in his garden and tinkering around the house. He enjoyed going to garage and yard sales looking for projects and items to repair. On October 21, 2005 Lee married June Lindley-Jones. Mr. Leandrew “Lil Hat” Hardman, Sr. leaves to cherish his memory; loving and devoted wife, June Jones-Hardman of Flint; mother, Sedalia Bhones of Little Rock, AR; 2 daughters, Leshana Hardman of Flushing and Carmen McNeal of California; 5 sons, Leandrew Hardman Jr. of Flushing, Aaron (Beth) Lindley of West Palm Beach, FL, Osman (Danine) Lindley of Atlanta, GA, Andre Lindley of Nashville, TN and Dwan (Kairisca) Lindley of Flint; 13 grandchildren including Keznick , Kendrick Hardman and Dwan Lindley II all of Flint; 3 great-grandchildren; 5 sisters, Carolyn Conyers and Rosemary (Harvey) Green all of Little Rock, AR, Bonnie Johnson and Shirley (Dr. K.D) Yarber both of Flint and Flora (Capus) Robinson Sr. of Flushing; 2 brothers, Robert (Ann) Jackson and Morris Bhones Jr. both of Little Rock, AK; nieces and nephews including “Angel” and “Dottie”; aunt, Alice Hardman of Flint; a host of cousins including Jackie McLaurin of Flint and the Childress Family of Chicago, IL; 9 sisters-in-law, Toni, Carolyn Sims and Sonia Sims-Aikins all of Flint, Sarah Sims of TX, Mary Sims, Ruth (Garnell) Whitfield of Buffalo, NY, Melissa Mathews of Las Vegas, NV, Minnie Boyd and LaNel Doster both of Saginaw; 5 brothers-in-law, Earnest (Lil) Sims of Depew, NY, Rev. Lovell (Cherrie) Sims of Greenville, South Carolina, Elijah (Kay) Muhammad, Calvin Sims and Keith Sims all of Flint; a host of other relatives and friends including Bobby Glover, Curtis Buggs, Flint Metal Center Local 659, Pastor Jacob Hawkins and the New Zion Baptist Church Family Dr. K.D. Yarber and the Mt. Hermon Baptist Church Family and numerous others. Mr. Hardman was preceded in death by his 1st wife, Laura Boyd-Hardman; 2 daughters, Lewanda and Leondra Hardman; father and step-mother, Rev. Leo (Sereatha) Hardman; step-father, Morris Bhones Sr.; sister-in-law, Joyce Collier; 2 brothers-in-law, Lonzo Sims and Olen Johnson, Jr. The family would like to express a special thanks to U of M Hospital, Dr. Meghan Adams, Dr. Elmahdi M. Saeed, Home care Nurse Dawn Houck, McLaren Select Specialty Care and Hurley Medical Center.

Mr. Leandrew "Lil' Hat" Hardman

January 24, 1948 - August 26, 2014