Vernell G. Stiles

Oct. 9, 2007

Vernell G. Stiles, age 87 of Huntland, died Oct. 9 at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville.

Stiles was a native of Alabama and the daughter of the late Samuel D. and Lorena Francer Rooks Wright. She was a retired nurse and a member of Donaldson Grove Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husbands John Wesley Hardin and Harvey Stile; one daughter, Martha Ann Matson; one sister, Velma Shubert; one brother, S.J. Wright; one granddaughter, Theda Wallace; one grandson, Jimmy Nelson and one great granddaughter, Brittany. She is survived by two daughters, Nellie Fay Watson of Lewisburg and Judy Eyvone Keefe of Shelbyville; four sons, Robert Earl Hardin of Bryant, Ala., Verlon J.W. Hardin of Kopperal, Tex., Billy Ray Hardin of Shelbyville and Eddie Joe Hardin of Huntland; one sister, Burma Richardson of Chattanooga; 20 grandchildren, 35 great grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Oct. 12 in the chapel of the Gallant Funeral Home with Rev. Billy Langford, Rev. Aaron DeMerchant and Rev. Keith Wilson officiating. Burial will follow in the Elora Cemetery.