The Lord has received a beautiful soul in heaven, Roger (Pawpaw), our beloved dad, mentor, friend and Pawpaw. He left this world a little less bright on Feb. 21, 2022. Roger was a very hard working, compassionate, loving man. To know him was to love him.

He was preceded in death by his parents John Hardy and Lois Hardy and sister Judy Cofield.

He leaves behind to cherish his memory his children: Tommy (Brianna), Danielle, Rusty (Kristy); six grandchildren: Brianna, Jackson, Myles, Jerry, Hudson, Carson; and a host of nieces and nephews and extended family and friends.

Funeral services were held on Feb. 25, 2022, at Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home Chapel.

Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home directed.