Later Years and Death
After Joanna Tabler Hardeman's death in May 1940, Hardeman married the former Miss Annie Brown, also an accomplished musician and faculty member at FHC. In April 1950, Hardeman resigned the presidency of FHC and left Henderson to reside in Memphis. He continued to preach and hold a limited amount of gospel meetings until his health prevented him from doing so. On May 18, 1959, friends and family held a 'surprise' 85th birthday party for Hardeman at the Peabody Hotel in downtown Memphis. Among the dignitaries in attendance was a family friend - the United States Senate Majority Leader and future U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Nicholas Brodie Hardeman died peacefully at his home in Memphis late in 1965. He was interred at the Henderson City Cemetery in the family plot next to his beloved "Miss Jo". Annie Brown Hardeman was subsequently buried near her parents in Columbia, Tennessee. Several family members, including parents, children and siblings are interred in Henderson.
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