Julie Noegel Hardaway

Hardaway is originally from Augusta, Georgia.^[1] She is the daughter of Frederick William Noegel, Jr. and Nellie Swann Noegel.^[2] Her ancestors came over to America during the Colonial period.^[1]

Widowski is a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and previously served as Chaplain General.^[3] In 2024, she succeeded Jinny Widowski as the president general of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.^[4] Her term will end in 2026.^[4] In January 2025, she spoke out against Virginia House Bill 1699, a bipartisan effort in the Virginia House of Delegates to remove tax-exempt status from organizations tied to the Confederate States of America.^[5] She stated that the United Daughters of the Confederacy strongly opposed the bill, going on to claim that Confederate organizations were being targeted by the "party in power" which deemed them "unworthy".^[5]

She is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.^[6] In 2010, she served as the regent of the Peter Force Chapter.^[7] She also served as the regent of the Henry Middleton Chapter.^[8] Hardaway is also a member of the Jamestowne Society.^[8]

Hardaway lives in Aiken, South Carolina.^[1] She is a Southern Baptist and attends Town Creek Baptist Church.^[1] She is married to J. Clifford Hardaway.^[2]