NAME: VIRGIL PALMER HARDIN, AGE 84, LIFELONG FARRIS AREA RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 19, 1922 AT DARWIN, OK TO JASPER NEWTON AND OLLIE (HORTON) HARDIN. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2007 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 84 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 6 DAYS. EDUCATION: VIRGIL ATTENDED PINE SPRINGS AND ATOKA SCHOOLS. MARRIED: PAULINE F. SCALES ON NOVEMBER 29, 1948 AT ANTLERS. OCCUPATION: HE WAS THE ATOKA COUNTY FARM BUREAU AGENT FOR OVER 25 YEARS. HE WAS ALSO A FARMER AND RANCHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: VIRGIL WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE FARRIS CHURCH OF CHRIST. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II. HE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE D.A.V., AMERICAN LEGION AND THE V.F.W. AND WAS PRESENTLY THE V.F.W. COMMANDER. HE WAS MEMBER OF THE FARRIS FIRE DEPARTMENT AND SERVED MANY YEARS ON THE ATOKA COUNTY SOIL CONSERVATION BOARD. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: CARLOTTA HARDIN OF COALGATE, OK. TERRY HARDIN AND WIFE SHERRI OF LANE, OK. GAYLENE GLOVER OF FARRIS, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: ASHLEY SHEFFIELD AND HUSBAND STEVE OF ATOKA, OK. SAM POWELL OF FARRIS, OK. REGINA CARR AND HUSBAND KEVIN OF LANE, OK. LARRY HARDIN AND WIFE MICHELLE OF ATOKA, OK. KERRI DANIEL OF COALGATE, OK. TRACY YATES AND WIFE SHERI OF EDMOND, OK. MALISSA RAINS AND HUSBAND RYAN OF HARMONY. DEREK DENTON OF LANE, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: SKYLAR DENTON, JILLIAN, AUSTIN AND ALEX SHEFFIELD, ANDREW AND NICK HARDIN, BRITTNEY AND BRET CARR, LARMIE RAINS, MASON DENTON, CHANDLER SPENCER AND KENNEDY YATES. SISTER: TRESSIE TAYLOR AND HUSBAND CLINTON OF LAKE JACKSON, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: PAULINE HARDIN ON AUGUST 13, 1999. PARENTS: JASPER AND OLLIE HARDIN. BROTHERS: HUBERT, ALONZO, HIRAM, ALVA, CURTIS, AND EULAS HARDIN. SON-IN-LAW: BILL GLOVER.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2007 AT 2:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICES: FARRIS CHURCH OF CHRIST INTERMENT: DARWIN CEMETERY. OFFICIATING: BRO. RANDY GRAY. CASKETBEARERS: STEVE SHEFFIELD, LARRY HARDIN, TRACY YATES, SAM POWELL, ROGER HAMMONS, KEVIN CARR. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: STEVE CHAFFIN, ROBBIE GRIMSLEY, CECIL BUTLER, CLINT DAVIDSON, BUD CARR, TINKER RAY, RONNIE BUTLER, DUB ALEXANDER. FAMILY NIGHT: TUESDAY 6:00 TO 8:00 P.M.