Mary Jenkins Hardin, 46, with love and light made the beautiful journey to her next adventure on November 19, 2015. To everyone she touched, she is aptly described… “She was that rare and beautiful human being filled with the qualities that transcend time, place, and culture… a smart, warm, welcoming, authentic, unapologetic, curious, direct, open, and loving woman.” She taught us all to mindfully seize every moment and to live life on your own terms. She changed the physical and social fabric of her community.
Jenkins was born March 24, 1969, in Columbia, TN, the daughter of Tom Hardin and Connie Hardin. She was a graduate of Battle Ground Academy, received her Bachelors from Hollins College in Roanoke, VA and her Masters of Physical Therapy from the University of Tennessee at Memphis. She was a real estate investor and an agent with Pilkerton Realtors. On August 17, 2002, she married Brett A. Sheriff. She was baptized and a member at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Columbia, TN as well as St. Augustine’s Chapel in Nashville, TN.
She is survived by her husband, Brett, and son, Tate A. Sheriff of Nashville; parents, Connie Hardin and Kile Patrick and Tom and Dwayna Hardin of Columbia; sisters, Kim Hardin of Nashville and Olivia H. Hardin of Brooklyn, NY; brother, Wesley G. and Abi Hardin of Huntsville, AL; nephews and nieces, Hardin F. Manhein, Thomas Gray Manhein, Lauren Lea Manhein, Nashville, TN, Mary McClure Hardin, Anne Elizabeth Hardin, and Wesley Gray Hardin II, Huntsville, AL.
A service to celebrate Jenkins’ life will be held on Sunday November 22, 2015 at 2:00 pm at Benton Chapel in Nashville, TN with The Rev. Becca Stevens ,The Rev. Melissa Smith and The Rev. Chris Bowhay officiating. A visitation will be held prior to the service beginning at 12:30pm.
Memorials may be made to St. John’s Church, Ashwood, 1116 W. 7th Street, Box 75, Columbia, TN 38401 and to Thistle Farms, a ministry of St. Augustine’s Chapel, Box 6330B, Nashville, 37235, in celebration of Jenkins and women’s freedom. All gifts will be designated to the rehabilitation of the Lena Home.
Williams Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. You may send the family your condolences at
www.williamsfh.com