Jimmy Hardin

Jimmy Hardin was born March 11, 1944, the son of the late Billy Gipson and Mary Frances McCasland Hardin. He left this earth on January 27, 2017 at the age of 72 years, 10 months, and 16 days.

Jimmy worked as a towboat pilot for Conti-Carriers. He previously worked for the Altar Barge Company and Ingram. Jimmy loved country music, camping, cooking, and Civil War history.

Jimmy is survived by his companion of 25 years, Jo Hazel Dickson; sons, Jeff Hardin and his wife, Starla, of Columbia, Tennessee and Dewayne Hardin of Savannah, Tennessee; stepdaughters, Barbara Lackey of Florida, Beverly Jones and husband Charlie of Savannah, Tennessee, and Belinda Dickson of Savannah, Tennessee; sisters, Phyllis Bullard and Regina Cromwell, both of Savannah, Tennessee; and grandchildren, Storie Hardin, Eli Hardin, Wes Hardin, Jake Hardin, Caylie Jones and Monica Lovelace

Along with his parents, Jimmy was preceded in death by his brother, Sammy Hardin; sister, Janice Davis; stepson, Mike "Doodle" Dickson; and grandparents, Charlie and Elizabeth Hardin and Adley and Madras McCasland.