Nora Lea Hardin

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. Online condolences may be made at www.davesculbertsonfuneralhome.com DAVES-CULBERTSON FUNERAL HOME IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS

Nora Lea Hardin

November 19, 1915 - March 24, 2016