Services for Mr. Guy L. Hardin, 87, will be held at 1:30 p.m., Sunday, June 13, 2021, at Hill Crest Memorial Funeral Home. There will be a brief visitation beginning at 12:00 p.m. prior to the service.
Guy passed away on Saturday, June 5, 2021, in Bossier City, LA. He was born on August 2, 1933 in Boone, NC to parents, James F. and Maggie E. Carlton Hardin.
Guy enlisted in the United States Air Force in August 1950, and traveled the world including: Europe, Africa, Canada, Greenland, Hawaii, and all of the US controlled islands in the South Pacific. He started his career in field maintenance at Carswell AFB, TX where he met and married Billie Jo Kimberlin. He then moved into the Flight Engineer career field and served on the flight crew of three aircraft during his career: the KC-97, C-124, and the C-7A. While serving on the crew of a C-7A MSgt Guy Hardin helped execute an airdrop of vitally needed supplies at Duc Lap Special Forces Base, Vietnam despite the great personal risk involved and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Guy is preceded in death by his parents; wife Billie Hardin; daughter-in-law Vickie Hardin. Left to cherish his memory are son, Philip Hardin; daughter, Sharon Tyson and husband Kenny; son Doug Hardin and wife Debi; grandchildren, Keith Hardin, Kristi Reeves, Daniel Hardin, Justin Tyson, and Deanna Webb; and seven great-grandchildren: Connor, Landry, Jackson, Layla, Kinsley, Ellie, and Holt
