Marjorie Hardy Bruce

Thursday, March 7, 1935 - Tuesday, February 4, 2025

 Marjorie Faye Hardy Bruce of Wicksburg went home to be with the Lord, Tuesday, February 4, 2025, surrounded by her loving family.  She was 89.

 Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, February 7, 2025, at Pilgrim Home Baptist Church with Rev. Allan Singley and Rev. Buddy Hood officiating.  Interment will follow in the church cemetery with Sorrells Funeral Home of Slocomb directing.

 The family will receive friends at the church one hour prior to service time.

 The family has asked in lieu of flowers that donations be made to Pilgrim Home Baptist Church Building Fund or to Pilgrim Home Cornerstone (Senior Citizen) Fund address 13534 US 84 West Newton, Al.  36352

 Mrs. Bruce was born March 7, 1935, to the late Claude Avon and Katherine Langham Purdy. Margie was born and raised in Lambert Mississippi where she attended Lambert High School. She married Walter Hardy and became an army wife for 18 years. After Walt retired from the Army they resided in Newton. Following Walt’s death in 1970, Margie made the decision to stay in Newton and raise her four children, later moving to the Wicksburg community when she met and married Durwood Bruce.  Margie was employed by Fort Rucker Exchange (PX) as a Warehouse Manager for 30 years, after a few months of retirement she went back to the PX and worked part time for the next 12 years.  In addition to her job at the PX, Margie also worked with her husband Durwood at Bruce Mercantile and Hardware store in Newton. She enjoyed working in her beautiful flower garden and being with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Margie was a faithful member of Pilgrim Home Baptist Church. She loved her preacher, Bro Buddy Hood and her church family.

 She was preceded in death by her parents, Claude and Katherine Purdy; husband of 18 years, Walter Hardy; husband of 45 years, Durwood Bruce; infant daughter, Deborah Faye Hardy; granddaughter, Amy Hardy; grandson, Jeremy Bruce; sister, Mayford Escue; brother, Charles (Bub) Purdy; and sister-in-law, Frankie Purdy.

 Survivors include her daughters: Sharon (Dewayne) Anderson, Carol Hardy Sellers, and Renay Bruce; sons: Walter E Hardy, Kenneth (Susan) Hardy, and Gary (Cathy) Bruce;  grandchildren: Shannon (Doug) Jimmerson, Susan (Kevin) Broyles, Joshua (Tanya) Hardy, Amanda (Bart) Mathis, Staci Peterson, Hunter (Katiera) Sellers, Luther (Melissa) Hardy, Heather (Joe) Brooks, and Megan Knight, 13 great grandchildren; one great grandchild; sisters: Shelby Williams (TN), and Shirley “Sissy” Gentry (AL); sister-in-law, Barbara Hardy (MS); brother: Bill Purdy (MS); several nieces, nephews, and other extended family and friends.

 The family would like to thank Westside Terrace, for the care Margie was given while she was a resident there including the times they let her sit at the nurses’ station on Mulberry Lane and give her “work” to do. Thanks also to Gentiva Hospice for their care and guidance.