Joyce Leota Hardin

Mrs. Hardin retired from the First Tennessee Human Resource Agency (FTHRA) at the age of 88, as the site coordinator of Meals On Wheels at the Mosheim Town Hall.

She attended Kingsley Avenue Freewill Baptist Church as long as her health permitted.

Mrs. Hardin is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law: Sammy and Marsha Hardin of Mosheim and Phil and Margie Hardin of Smyrna, Tennessee; granddaughters: Debbie Chandley and Shelly Hardin Faling; step-granddaughter: Melanie Glover Noe; step-grandsons: Chris Glover and Jeff Glover; great granddaughters: Rachael Chandley, Stephanie Chandley and Megan Evans; great-great granddaughters: Madilyn Evans, Emeri Evans and Jayleigh Chandley; great-great grandsons: Carter Reid Chandley and Phillip Alden Evans; step-great-great granddaughters: Emma Glover, Annelise Glover and Molly Glover; step-great-great grandsons: Andrew Glover and Wesley Glover; sister and brother-in-law: Judy and Marvin Sellers; brothers-in-law: James Morelock and J.W. Bright; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband: John S. Hardin; parents: Rome and Zella Mae Gregg; sisters: Margaret Gregg, Evelyn Matthews, Mary Ruth Morelock and Jessie Lou Bright; and brother: Thomas (Tot) Gregg.

The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8pm Sunday at Kiser-Rose Hill Funeral Home.

The funeral service will be held at 11:00am Monday in the Chapel of Kiser-Rose Hill Funeral Home with the Rev. Doyle Pruett and the Rev. Richard Long officiating.

Interment will follow in GreeneLawn Memory Gardens.

Pallbearers will be her family and friends.

Honorary pallbearers will be the men of Kingsley Avenue Freewill Baptist Church.

The family wishes to extend thanks to her special friends: Annie Grimes, Kathy Holt, Bud Cox and Wade Harrison. The family also extends a special thanks to the staff of Lifecare Center of Greeneville, the staff of Advanced Home Health and the staff of Smoky Mountain Hospice.