Obituary: Flora Hardin Smith Clements, 87, Bardstown
Flora Hardin Smith Clements, 87, of Bardstown, died Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, in Lexington. She was born Sept. 26, 1929, in Bardstown to the late John Irvin and Pearl Curtsinger Hardin. She was a retired principal at the Nelson County Board of Education, a member of the Kentucky and 
Nelson County Teachers Retirement Association, a former volunteer at Flaget Memorial Hospital and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church where she formerly served on the bereavement committee and an Eucharistic Minister.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Thomas Stoker Smith; her second husband, Joseph Medley Clements; one sister, Grace Hardin; and one brother, John Irvin “Buddy” Hardin Jr.
She is survived by three daughters, Susan Smith (Greg) McCreary and Barbara Smith (Rob) Twist, both of Lexington and Kathy Smith (Van) Willis of New Albany, Ind.; one son, Thomas “Tom” S. (Elizabeth) Smith Jr. of Lexington; two sisters, Blanche Lewis of Louisville and Artie Brooks of Bardstown; one brother, Eddie Hardin of Bardstown; 10 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
The Mass of Christian Burial is 11 am. Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, at the Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral with burial in the church cemetery.
Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, with evening prayers, and after 8:30 a.m. Friday at the Houghlin-Greenwell Funeral Home, 1475 New Shepherdsville Rd., Bardstown.
The Houghlin-Greenwell Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
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