Funeral services for Lavern Wallace Hardin will be held on Monday, August 26th at First Baptist Church in Brookhaven. Visitation will be from Noon until 2 pm followed by the service. Graveside services will follow in the Bethel Baptist Church cemetery in Bogue Chitto, MS. Riverwood Family Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.

Lavern passed on to her eternal heavenly home August 23, 2024. She was born on March 12, 1946, in Bogue Chitto, MS, to Jewell Rubin Wallace and Ruby Freeman Wallace. She graduated from Bogue Chitto High School and attended Copiah-Lincoln Community College.

She retired from Trustmark National Bank in 2017.

She is survived by her son Ty, wife Kay, and grandson Spencer of Olive Branch, MS; a brother, John Wallace and wife, Ruth and nephew Wes of Destin, FL; sister-in-law Ellen Wallace, nieces Deanna and Laura, and nephew Jami. She is preceded in death by her parents and brother James Wallace of Bogue Chitto.

Pallbearers are Wes Wallace, Jami Wallace, Steve Moore, Art Stevens, Clint Rounsaville and Spencer Hardin.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials be made to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinsons research.

Condolences and other information are available online at www.riverwoodfamily.com.