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James (Jim) William Hardin

Funeral services for Mr. James (Jim) William Hardin, age 63, of Petersburg will be conducted Friday at 10AM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Van Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Old Orchard Cemetery. Mr. Hardin passed away Tuesday night in Baptist Hospital.

He was a native of Lincoln County and the son of the late Thomas Hardin and Mary Eleanor Baugh Hardin who survives. He was a building contractor for 36 years and a veteran of the U. S. Navy. Mr. Hardin received his BS Degree from MTSU and attended Auburn University Graduate School. He was a member of the Fayetteville First Baptist Church and was in the Petersburg Lions Club.

Survivors in addition to his mother include his wife Deborah Scott Hardin of Petersburg, daughter Jill Hobson and husband Auburn of Fayetteville, son Richard Hardin and wife Hilary of Elora, brother John Hardin of Fayetteville, sister Martha Shelton of Centerville, grandchildren Whitt Hobson, Reid Hardin, Hadley Hardin and Annie Hardin. He was preceded in death by his father Thomas Hardin, sister Linda Bishop and brother Eddie Hardin.

Visitation with the family will be Thursday night 5-8PM at Higgins Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Fayetteville First Baptist Church Children’s Progran or Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Children’s Program.