CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Loretta D. Hardin, 1 Aug 2000
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Loretta D. Hardin 

  Mrs. Loretta D. (Granny) Hardin, age 87, 610 Race Street, Elizabethton, 
formerly of the Beck Mountain Community, died Tuesday, August 1, 2000, at 
her residence following a lengthy illness. 
  A native and lifelong resident of Carter County, she was a daughter of 
the late James F. and Ida Glover Dugger. 
  Mrs. Hardin was a homemaker and loved gardening. She was one of the 
oldest members of the Beck Mountain Baptist Church and the Adult Ladies 
Sunday School Class. 
  Mrs. Hardin was preceded in death by her husband, J. Smith Hardin; a 
son, Raymond L. Hardin; a sister, Ruth D. Clark; and a son-in-law, Blaine 
Henegar Sr. 

  Survivors include three sons and four daughters-in-law, Earl Sr. and 
Mary Hardin and Archie and Martha Hardin, all of Elizabethton, Ted and 
Sharon Hardin of Hampton, and Mrs. Rose Hardin of Elizabethton; six 
daughters and four sons-in-law, Mrs. Stella Henegar and Sally and Sammy 
Matherly of Elizabethton, Rozella Hardin of the home, Jane and Wayne 
Browder of Gray, Rebecca and Gary Shipley of Sanford, Fla., and Elaine 
and Wayne Larkins of Panama City Beach, Fla.; two sisters, Mrs. Emma 
Hill of Taylorsville, N.C., and Mrs. Sudie Kate Guinn of Hampton; one 
aunt, Mrs. Nell Dugger of Elizabethton; 16 grandchildren; 10 great-
grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. 
  Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, is in charge of arrangements. 
www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick 


  HARDIN -- Funeral services for Mrs. Loretta D. (Granny) Hardin, age 87, 610 
Race Street, Elizabethton, formerly of the Beck Mountain Community, who died 
Tuesday, August 1, 2000, will be conducted at 8 p.m. Wednesday, August 2, at 
Tetrick Funeral Home, Riverside Chapel, with Rev. Ronnie Campbell, Mr. Hugh 
Hatfield, minister, and Rev. Bobby Stout officiating. Music will be under the 
direction of Rev. Ronnie Campbell, Gerald and Gloria Holly, and Mitzi Hobbs, 
organist. Graveside services and interment will be conducted at 1 p.m. 
Thursday, August 3, at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be 
grandsons. Honorary pallbearers will be cousins, friends and former neighbors 
at Beck Mountain, friends and neighbors on Race Street, friends at Sims Hill 
Christian Church, Dr. Robert Walter, Dr. Nicholas Burik, the Staff of 
Housecall Hospice, Jack Combs, Glen Hardin, Floyd Lyons, Winifred Hayes and 
Jean Shelton. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at 
the funeral home. Friends may also call at the residence, 610 Race Street, 
Elizabethton, at any time. Everyone will meet at the funeral home at 12:15 
p.m. Thursday to go in procession to the cemetery. Tetrick Funeral Home, 
Riverside Chapel, is in charge of arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick