Ernestine Medlin-Hargis was born on January 29, 1927 in Calhoun County, Alabama to James and Leola Reynolds. She was one of ten children and passed away April 13, 2015. Her father was a cotton farmer until the family moved to Alexander City, where Ernestine worked in a cotton mill until she married her first husband Ned D. Medlin. They had three children and during their marriage lived in Germany, Mississippi, Alabama, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia; finally moving to Dallas, Texas, where she lived the rest of her days. A homemaker her whole life, Ernestine loved to sew, quilt, cook and had even learned upholstery. She was also fond of playing Scrabble and dominoes. Flowers were a source of joy and happiness for her, pink carnations being one of her favorites. She loved to grow roses, tending and caring for them. Her children would joke saying she took more care of the roses than them. She was also very active in her church, being particularly active in Sunday School, Missions Group and Baptists Women’s Group. As a military wife, she was active in the military wives NCO club. Ernestine Medlin-Hargis was preceded in death by her first husband, Ned Medlin, in 1988 and later her second husband, Joel Hargis, in 2003. She was survived by her three children, Richard Daniel Medlin and his wife, Bernadette, Brenda Jeannine Watterman and her husband, Jim Watterman, and Sharon Bonita Talbert and her husband, Bill Talbert; seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She is survived by one brother, Nelson Reynolds. All remember her as a gracious and loving mother and grandmother. Ernestine Medlin-Hargis went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday morning April 13, 2015.
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