Nora Lea Hardin, age 100 of Winchester, Tennessee passed away, Thursday,
March 24, 2016 at the Southern Manor in Winchester. Funeral services will
be held Saturday, March 26, 2016 at 3 PM at the Winchester First United
Methodist Church with Dr. Steve Angus officiating. Burial will follow at
Franklin Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family will be Saturday
from 1 PM until the service time.
A native of Decatur County, TN, she was the daughter of the late Floyd and
Myrtle Thompson Crawley. Mrs. Hardin graduated from Lambeth University in
Jackson, TN with a teaching degree and began teaching in Decatur County in
a one room school with sixty students. She and the cook were the only
employees of the school. She then went on to become a social worker in
Decatur County. After WWII ended, she married William George Hardin. She
then began working for the Human Services Department in Decatur County and
in 1959 she and her husband moved to Winchester. She became the County
Director of Human Services in Franklin County, a position she held until
her retirement. She was a member of the Winchester First United Methodist
Church, a charter member of Good Samaritan, a life member of the Eastern
Star and a member of the Retired Consolidated Teachers Association. Mrs.
Hardin enjoyed sewing, gardening, doing crewel work and was an awesome cook.
Her Chocolate Pie was well known for being the best.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 57
years, William George Hardin; four brothers, John, Grady, Bill and Monroe
Crawley and one sister, Edna Alexander.
Mrs. Hardin is survived by one daughter, Jane Smith and her husband, Danny
of Winchester; one granddaughter, Karen Michael of Winchester; two
grandchildren, Kylea and Jamie Michael; one sister, Martha Glenn of
Germantown; four sisters-in-law, Mildred Crawley, Mary Ann Crawley, Sharon
Sue Crawley and Linda Crawley Wallace, all of Decaturville and many nieces,
nephews and friends.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested memorial donations be made to
the First United Methodist Building Fund, 100 S. Jefferson, Winchester, TN
37398.
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