A veteran of the United States Army and the United States Air Force, he was awarded the Occupation of Japan Medal and the Vietnam Service Medal. He served four years in the Army and 21 years in the Air Force. He retired from active military duty in 1976.
He is survived by three children, a daughter, Rosalind Hadley of Dallas, Texas; two sons, Darrell Wayne Hadley of Hickory, and Roy Warren Hadley of Lenoir; two daughters-in-law, Diane Hadley of Hickory, and Debra P. Hadley of Lenoir, five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Caldwell County Hospice.
Pendry’s Lenoir Funeral Home is honored to be serving the family of Frank Gerald Hadley.
