CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Bobby Lawrence Hardin, 21 Nov 2003 ----¤¤¤---- Bobby L. Hardin MORGANTON, N.C. -- Bobby Lawrence Hardin, 72, of Morganton, died Friday, November 21, 2003, at the VA Medical Center, Asheville. Born December 15, 1930, in Carter County, Tenn., Mr. Hardin was a son of Vergie Pierce Hardin, Elizabethton, Tenn., and the late Lilburn T. Hardin. He was also preceded in death by a son, Terry Lee Hardin, and a grandson, Jeffery Hardin Jr. Mr. Hardin was a U.S. Army veteran, having served in the Korean Conflict. Survivors, in addition to his mother, include four sons, Kenneth Hardin, Jeffery Hardin and Vernon Hardin, all of Morganton, and Lewis Hardin, Drexel; a daughter, Bobbi Hardin, Hickory; six brothers, Billy Hardin, Jerry Hardin, Darrell Hardin and Douglas Hardin, all of Elizabethton, Tenn., Ed Hardin, Clarksville, Tenn., and Richard Hardin, Kitty Hawk; two sisters, Margaret Mathis, Greeneville, Tenn., and Ann Duke, Johnson City, Tenn. Ten grandchildren, five great- grandchildren and several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, November 24, in the chapel of Valdese Family Funeral Care, Valdese, with the Rev. Doug Hardin and the Rev. Darrell Hardin officiating. Entombment will follow at the Burke Memorial Park Mausoleum. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, November 23, at the funeral home. Condolences may be made online at www.valdesefamilyfuneralcare.com. Valdese Family Funeral Care, 205 Morgan Street, Valdese, N.C., (828) 847-2117, is serving the Hardin family. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: The Elizabethton Star http://www.starhq.com/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------