Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Shearer, Hardin D March 11, 2006 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/tnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Julia Williams Kodak jkodak@charter.net April 1, 2006, 11:25 pm Elizabethton Star March 26, 2006 Hardin D. Shearer Hardin Davis Shearer, of Cleveland, Ohio, was born on January 2, 1930, in Elizabethton, Tenn., in Carter County, to John and Hildred Shearer. He died on Saturday, March 11, 2006, at the age of 76 in Cleveland. After growing up in Elizabethton, Hardin earned a bachelor's degree from Tennessee State University and then served two years in the U.S. Army. During his military service he spent time in both Germany and France. Following military service he began a distinguished career as an educator. He later earned a master's degree and eventually became the principal of the historic Douglas High School in his hometown. Mr. Shearer eventually migrated North to Cleveland, Ohio where he continued his teaching career. He chaired the mathematics department at Empire Junior High and also taught at East Technical High School and Cuyahoga Hills Boys School. He was affiliated with Bethany Christian Church in Cleveland, Ohio, where he volunteered with the youth tutorial program. He had also used his math skills to help tutor inner city youth through the SOS Program at Emmanuel Baptist Church. Hardin follows his parents and his only brother, John Luther, in death. He is survived by two nieces, Johnetta and Debbie Lynn Shearer, and a nephew, Talmage Shearer, all living in Nashville, Tenn. There are also many distant relatives, friends and former students who mourn his death. Education was an important focus for Hardin Shearer's life. He spent many years researching and documenting the history of the Douglas School for a book. He hoped that the book would help to accentuate the positive impact that education had on several generations of black residents of Carter County, Tenn. Funeral services will be held at 12:45 p.m. Monday, March 27, in the Birchette Mortuary "Chapel of Love" with Rev. E.E. Widby officiating. Graveside services will be private for immediate family. Words of comfort can be sent to the family on our Web site at www.birchettemortuary.com. Professional services provided by Birchette Mortuary, Inc., (423) 926-6013. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/carter/obits/s/shearer174gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/tnfiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb