Barbara Joe Key was a very loving, strong, independent and Christian woman. Her resilience through life’s hard times was what will always be remembered. She loved harder than any woman I have ever known. She was always there for her children and grandkids in whatever way she needed to be, tough love included. She loved country music, attending country music concerts and her favorite song was “TOUGHER THAN THE REST” by Chris Ledoux. Her family is suffering such a big loss, as she was the rock and anchor of our entire clan. She was a Cajun, Louisiana firecracker who believed that you can do whatever you set your mind to, I can’t didn’t exist, and she had the best advice to give anybody that needed it. We called her Geegee, because she swore she was much too cool to be a grandma, and her nickname was BJ. Her favorite thing to do was to be around family. Her pride and joy were her grandchildren, great grandchildren and 4 sons. She retired at an early age, and took on the responsibility of a granddaughter in her golden years. She raised 5 children on her own throughout her life (4 male children and 1 female granddaughter) she will always be remembered as her children’s hero. Our rock. Our everything. She did it on her own and set the greatest example of being an independent, loving, nurturing and protective presence in her children’s lives.
•Her surviving sons and wives are, TIMOTHY & CAROL HARDAWAY, TONY & DEANNA HARDAWAY, CHRISTOPHER HARDAWAY & NADINE KING, SHANE & DESTINY HARDAWAY.
•Barbara had/s 17 grandchildren, JUSTIN HARDAWAY, JOSHUA HARDAWAY, TABITHA HARDAWAY, JACOB HARDAWAY, JESSE MACHADO, TALISSA HARDAWAY, KELSEY CRETSINGER, HADEN PUTMAN, JESSICA HARDAWAY, HAYLEE HARDAWAY, KIRSTEN HARDAWAY, KAYLA HARDAWAY ALYSSIA HARDAWAY. TIMMY HARDAWAY, COLT HARDAWAY, and ALVIE HARDAWAY.
•Barbara has a total combined of 9 great grand kids: AIDEN, ALEXANDRA, GABRIEL, SYLAS, ZEPPELIN, EMERSON, and 3 more expected great grandkids estimated arrival is this year, 2 more boys and 1 girl.
•Barbara is also survived by her 2 sisters, JIMMIE BISHOP-JONES & JACKIE DEES of TEXAS AND LOUISIANA.
•Barbara is preceded by her late mother, LILLIAN KEY, father, ORVAL KEY, brother, JERRY KEY & first born grandson, TIMOTHY HARDAWAY JR (TJ)
She wanted her ashes to be buried in Fort Jessup Cemetery between her mother and daddy’s grave. This is expected to take place at the cemetery on August 21, 2021.
will update if anything changes.
fly easy, GEEGEE! Until we meet again!
