Bro. Robert Lee Hardman, 83, of Old Highway 52, Westmore-land, Tennessee, passed away Wednesday, March 22, 2006 at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, TN. The West Virginia native was born Tuesday, February 27, 1923, a son of the late Henry Hardman and Bessie Moyer Hardman. He was a World War II veteran of the United States Army and the United States Navy, and was an evangelist. On September 10, 1988 he was united in marriage to Dorothy Andrews Hardman.

He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Hardman, of Westmoreland, TN; 3 daughters and a son-in-law, Brenda Kinnich, Lafayette, TN; Roberta and Perry George; and Gloria Hardman, all of Indianapolis, IN; 4 sons and 3 daughters-in-law, Gary Hardman, George and Crissy Hardman, Manuel and Vonda Hardman, all of Lafayette, TN; Larry and Teresa Hardman, Hartsville, TN; 6 step-daughters and 5 step-sons-in-law, Debbie and Sammy Graves, Sandy and Robert Nixon, Janie and Ricky Duffer, all of Westmoreland, TN; Joann and Charles Begley, and Virginia Mundan, all of Indianapolis, IN; Johnnie Sue and Bob Wilson, Lafayette, TN; 2 step-sons and a step-daughter-in-law, Raymond and Thelma Sanders, of Westmoreland, TN; Donnie Napier, of Lafayette, TN; 2 sisters, Willa Vean Maxey and Carla Underwood, both of Virginia; a brother, Don Hardman, of North Carolina; several grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by a step-son, Danny Napier, 3 brothers, Bill, Fred, and Johnny Hardman, and a sister, Lillian Baldwin.

Funeral services for Bro. Robert Lee Hardman were conducted at 2:00 PM Saturday, March 25, 2006 at Alexander-Goad Funeral Home with Rev. Murl Wix officiating. Burial was in Eulia Cemetery. Pallbearers were Bill Hardman, Anthony Sanders, Waylon Nixon, Ricky Duffer, Raymond Sanders, and Sammy Graves.

Alexander-Goad Funeral Home in Lafayette, TN in charge of arrangements.