Rev. Billy Herbert Hardman's Obituary
Funeral service for Rev. Billy Herbert Hardman, 86, of Goodwater, will be Saturday, January 30, 2016 at 11:00 am at the Goodwater Baptist Church. Rev. Joe Fain and Rev. Wayne Henderson will officiate. Burial will follow in the Smyrna Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Friday, January 29, 2016 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at Radney Funeral Home.
Rev. Hardman passed away on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at Coosa Valley Baptist Medical Center. He was born on February 11, 1929 in Goodwater, Alabama to Sannie Leon Hardman and May Bell Mizzell Hardman. He was an active member of Goodwater Baptist Church.
Rev. Hardman graduated from Howard College (now Samford University) in May 1963. He was ordained as a Baptist minister and served the Lord faithfully for the next 53 years. He loved his family, his nation, and anyone he was in the presence of. When not ministering he was a masterful carpenter, painter and avid University of Alabama fan. He loved quail hunting and fishing. He was a man of few words but his life work spoke volumes.
He will be missed by his daughters, Jennifer Knellinger (Dan), of Palm Harbor, FL, Cathy Bolton of Philadelphia, PA; grandchildren: Stacey Verkler (Brandon),Bart Knellinger (Mary), Jill Schmidt (Jared), Carol Bou-Sliman (Andrew), Sarah Katherine Bolton; great-grandchildren: Benjamin Verkler, Samuel Verkler; Paige Schmidt and sister, Ellen Nolen.
He has now been reunited with his wife, Joan Elizabeth Carlton Hardman; parents; son, Larry Hardman; brothers, S.J. and Joe Hardman.
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