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Oral history.; Mrs. Mattie Lou Hardy was born on May 13, 1908, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Mrs. Hardy first attended school at Mount Zion Baptist Church, then transferred to the Eureka School in the first grade. She was a member of Eureka's second graduating class in 1928. She attended Jackson College and Alcorn College, where she studied education. For over forty years, she taught in Hattiesburg public schools, most of that time at Eureka. Mrs. Hardy has been involved in many community activities. She was secretary to the state Federation of Women's Clubs and vice president of the Sixth District Federation of Women's Clubs. She was secretary to the One Night of Fellowship for her church, the Church of God in Christ, where she was also the superintendent of Sunday school. And she has been an active member of the White Rose Homemakers, where she has been secretary and from which she has received a number of awards.