Johnie Hardgrave

A funeral service for Johnie Hardgrave, age 73, of Sulphur Springs, will be conducted at Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel, at 2:00 p.m., Monday, May 20, 2013, with Rev. Jim Sanders officiating. Visitation will be held one hour before the service (1:00 p.m.)
Johnie Hardgrave passed away at his residence Thursday morning, May 16, 2013. He was born in Cheyenne Wyoming, the son of John Herschel and Alma Hardgrave. He married Vallie Kelly in Tyler on January 25, 1986; she survives. He was retired advertising manager of Sulphur Springs News Telegram and he was of the Baptist faith. He served in the Arkansas National Guard.
Other survivors include: two sons, Brian Hardgrave of Dallas and Darin McCoy of Burleson; two daughters, Jana Kim Brizenski of Madison, Wisconsin and Darla Morris and husband Joe of Greenville; grandchildren, Andrea Hardgrave, Austin Hardgrave, Daniela Ruiz, Whitney Killam, Paige Killam, Zoe Morris, Emily Ragsdale, Jessica McCoy, Daniel McCoy and Joni McCoy and one great-grandson, Walter Ragsdale. He was preceded in death by sister, Janet Courson and brother, Tim Hardgrave.