Nealy Tyson Hardy

1905 - 1981  (76 years)

• Name	Nealy Tyson Hardy
  Nickname	Tice
  Born	22 Oct 1905	Chilton, Falls County, Texas
  Gender	Male
  Name	Tice
  Reference Number	4648
  Residence	1920	Chilton, Falls County, Texas
  	Census
  Residence	1924	Chilton, Falls County, Texas
  	Marriage License to Lillian Betz
  Residence	26 Sep 1925	Chilton, Falls County, Texas
  	Birth of Clarence Hardy
  Residence	12 Apr 1926	Marlin, Falls County, Texas
  	Jail on Murder charge
  Residence	25 May 1926	Marlin, Falls County, Texas
  	Jail on Murder charge
  Residence	30 Aug 1926	Marlin, Falls County, Texas
  	Jail on Murder charge
  Residence	1 Jan 1930	Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas, United States
  	1930 Census
  Residence	12 Mar 1930	Waco, McLennan County , Texas
  	Birth of son Allen Ray Hardy
  Residence	9 Oct 1934	Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas
  	Marriage License to Zada Latham
  Residence	1935	Rotan, Fisher County, Texas
  	Birth of daughter Winona
  Died	15 Nov 1981	Ventura County, California
  Person ID	I4648	Brownlow
  Last Modified	2 Jun 2024

  
  

  Father	William Thomas Hardy,   b. 19 Aug 1879, Alabama, USA ,   d. 13 Apr 1962, Rotan, Fisher, Texas  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Willie May Johnson,   b. 31 May 1877, Hill County, Texas ,   d. 28 Aug 1925, Chilton, Falls County, Texas  (Age 48 years)
  Married	1898
  Family ID	F2804	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lillian Inez Betz,   b. 21 Oct 1905, Rosenthal, Texas ,   d. 21 May 2003, Waco, McLennan County, Texas  (Age 97 years)
  Married	31 Jul 1924	Chilton, Falls County, Texas
  	Marriage License
  Children	1. Clarence Wendell Hardy,   b. 6 Sep 1925, Chilton, Falls County, Texas ,   d. 6 Feb 1998, Waco, McLennan County, Texas  (Age 72 years)   2. Living
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2022
  Family ID	F92	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Zada Latham,   b. 25 Oct 1916, Rotan, Fisher County, Texas ,   d. 12 Feb 1982, Yucca Valley, San Bernardino, California  (Age 65 years)
  Married	9 Oct 1934	Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas
  	Marriage License
  Children	1. Wynona Mae Hardy,   b. 1935,   d. 1999  (Age 64 years)
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2022
  Family ID	F2803	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Lora Mae Meler,   b. 8 Apr 1907, Cloud Chief, Washita, Oklahoma ,   d. 22 Jan 1997, Mountain View, Kiowa, Oklahoma, United State  (Age 89 years)
  Married	15 May 1939	Yuma, Arizona
  Last Modified	26 May 2024
  Family ID	F3710	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Nealy Tyson Hardy 1905 Birth Certificate - Nealy Tyson Hardy No official name but it shows parents as father: WT Hardy and mother: Willie with Tyson's correct birth date.
  		William Thomas Hardy 1910 US Census Falls County, Texas William Thomas. Willie May his wife, a daughter Loude and 2 sons, William and Tyson. Also, His father William Jackson Hardy.
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy 1924 07 31, Falls County, Texas Marriage License with Lilian Betz
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy Newpaper Article 1926 04 11 page 6 Fort Worth Star Telegram
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy Newspaper Article 1926 04 12
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy Newspaper Article 1926 04 12 page 1 Bryan College Station Eagle
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy Newspaper Article 1926 04 12 page 2 Fort Worth Record Telegram
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy Newspaper Article 1926 04 12 Page 1 The Waco News Tribune
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy Newspaper Article 1926 04 12 Page 3 The Waco News Tribune
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy Newspaper Article 1926 04 12 page 1 Times Record
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy Newspaper Article 1926 04 16 page 1 The Waco Times Hearld
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy Newspaper Article 1926 04 18 The Waco Times Herald
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy Newspaper Article April 26
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy Newspaper Article 1926 04 26 page 3 The Waco Times Herald
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy Newspaper Article 1926 05 26 Page 1 The Waco News Tribune
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy Newspaper Article 1926 04 27 page 18 Fort Worth Record Telegram
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy Newspaper Article 1926 04 28 page 1 The Waco Times Hearld
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy Newspaper Article 1926 05 1 page 2 The Waco Time Hearld
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy Newspaper Article 1926 05 10 page 6 The Waco Times Hearld
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy Newspaper Article 1926 May 12
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy Newspaper Article 1926 05 15 page 1 The Waco Times Hearld
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy Newpaper Article 1926 05 21 page 10 The Waco Time Hearld
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy Newspaper Article 1926 05 25 page 1 Fort Worth Record Telegram
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy Newspaper Article 1926 05 25 page 3 Bryan College Station Eagle
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy Newspaper Article 1926 05 25 page 17 Fort Worth Star Telegram
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy Newspaper Article 1926 05 26 page 8 The Waco Times Herald
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy Newspaper Article 1926 05 27 page 1 The Whitewright
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy Newspaper Article 1926 05 31 page 17 The Miami Hearld
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy 1926 08 29 page 1 Fort Worth Star Telegram
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy Newspaper Article 1926 08 29 page 1 The Waco News Tribune
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy Newspaper Article 1926 08 29 page 8 Times Record News
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy Newspaper Article 1926 08 30 page 1 Fort Worth Star Telegram
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy Newspaper Article Aug 31, 1926 Page 3 The Waco Times-Herald
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy Newspaper Article 1926 08 31 page 1 The Waco News Tribune
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy Newspaper Article 1926 8 31 page 3 The Waco Times Hearld
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy Newspaper Article 1926 10 04 page 3 The Waco Time Herald
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy 1930 US Census Nealy Tyson Hardy with wife Lillian, Sons Clarence W and Allen R Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy 1934 10 9 Nealy Tyson Hardy Marriage License with Zada Latham Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas
  		Wynona Mae Hardy Wynona Mae Hardy Birth Certificate 1935 02 2 Rotan, Fisher County, Texas
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy 1939 Marriage License Nealy Tyson Hardy to Lora Mae Jeter (Meler) Married in Yuma County, Arizona 1939 05 15
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy 1940 US Census Brawley, Imperial County, California Nealy Tyson Hardy living with "Partner" Sam Myrick 1940 04 11
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy 1940 10 16 Military Registration Document Box 80, Valenica, Grants County, New Mexico (unemployed - Wife Lora Mae Hardy)
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy 1981 Obituary for Tyson Hardy
  		Lora Mae Meler 1997 Obituary for Lora Mae (Meler) Hardy
  		Nealy Tyson Hardy 1948 Auto accident. Nealy Tyson hardy was driving and Lora got injuried.

  
  

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• Notes

  Tyson Nealy Hardy, also known as Tice, was born 22 October 1905 to William Thomas Hardy and Willie May Johnson in Chilton, Falls County, Texas. In 1924 Tice met and married Lillian Inez Betz. They had one son, Clarence Wendell Hardy, September 6th, 1925. He was accused of murder in 1926 after a tragic mishap between friends on a fishing trip at the Brazos River near Horseshoe Bend, Falls County, Texas. There are several newspaper articles on the case and at one point the father and brother of the young man that disappeared, shot at Tice in the court room. There has been nothing found about how the trial ended but it is assumed that without a body there wasn't much to go on for the prosecution. Tice took his family to Sweetwater, Texas where they had another son, Allen Ray Hardy, March 30th, 1930. In October 1934 Tyson met and married a young girl, Zada Latham, 19 years old of Big Springs, Texas. They had a baby girl, Wynona Mae Hardy born February 2, 1935. Tice moved to California and worked as a ranch hand. In 1939 he met Lora Mae (Meler) Jeter who was on a trip from New Mexico to California with her brother Tom. She was from Washita Oklahoma and they married in Yuma, Arizona then moved to New Mexico where Lora was a teacher. Tice registered for military in 1940 in New Mexico and worked in a defense plant. Tice and Lora moved to Ventura California and he worked in real-estate for 15 years. Tice suffered a series of strokes and died November 15th, 1981. Tyson and Lora share a headstone in Ivy Lawn Memorial Park, Ventura, Ventura County, California but she actually moved back to New Mexico after several medical issues and married Dean Hester in 1987. Dean had several strokes and in 1995 Lora's cancer returned and she died in 1997.