Thomas Hardy
Feb. 14, 1931 Feb. 16, 2021
Tom Hardy, beloved husband, father, poppa and servant of the Lord, passed away Feb. 16, 2021, at the age of 90. He was born on Feb. 14, 1931, in Bellwood, Illinois, to Aaron and Laura Hardy. Tom was one of 12 children and grew up in Cabool, Missouri.
Shortly after high school, he traveled to California to assist with fighting fires and then joined the Air Force. He gave 20 years of military service working on B-52 and FB-111 planes.
After military service, Tom returned to school, obtained a Bachelor’s degree and
Teaching Certificate at California State University, Stanislaus.
He dedicated the next 23 years working in Christian Education. ‘Mr. Hardy’ was Administrator of Solano Christian Academy for 18 years.
going to chair the program. he doesn t need much introduction because he has done many important things nobody to you and others that will be joining us via television. perhaps some of you have already read his book, pastor, martyr, prophet, spy, new york times best seller and an important book about an important man. in addition, metexas was the keynote speaker at the national prayer breakfast here washington, dc and i believe there are copies of that presentation available outside. we re also grateful for him being a participant in this book, persecuted, which we re releasing today and this panel is about. he helped to write the forward and has been an important contributor to the work of the office of the book, and i want to thank him for that participation. aside from much distinguished work, including the companion to the movie, amazing grace, heroic campaign to end slavery, another important man with important work that needed to be more widely known he helped make po