NEWTON E. HARDIN of Memphis, retired senior vice president of Hardin-Sysco Food Services Inc., died Wednesday at Methodist Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. A World War II Army air forces veteran, he was awarded the Air Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross and China Bronze Medal. He attended the University of Georgia at Athens and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Mr. Hardin was a member of Poplar Avenue Baptist Church, the boards of the Memphis Restaurant Association, Memphis Hotel/Motel Association and Memphis Tourism. He was first chairman of the Roundup Program and advisory board member for the Memphis Food Bank. He was also a volunteer for the Boy Scouts of America and a member of the Kiwanis Club. Mr. Hardin, the husband of Louise Anderson Hardin, also leaves three sons, Barry Hardin, Kent Hardin and David Hardin, all of Memphis; three sisters, Edith Reese of Leah, Ga., Ruth Matthews of Atlanta and Martha Culpepper of Dearing, Ga.; two brothers, J. S. Hardin of Memphis and Dr. John Hardin of Augusta, and a grandson. The family requests any memorials be sent to Memphis Food Bank, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art or the American Cancer Society. (Published in The Commercial Appeal on December 23, 1993)
NEWTON E. HARDIN of Memphis, retired senior vice president of Hardin-Sysco Food Services Inc., died Wednesday at Methodist Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Memorial Park Funeral Home with burial in Memorial Park. A World War II Army air forces veteran, he was awarded the Air Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross and China Bronze Medal. He attended the University of Georgia at Athens and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Mr. Hardin was a member of Poplar Avenue Baptist Church, the boards of the Memphis Restaurant Association, Memphis Hotel/Motel Association and Memphis Tourism. He was first chairman of the Roundup Program and advisory board member for the Memphis Food Bank. He was also a volunteer for the Boy Scouts of America and a member of the Kiwanis Club. Mr. Hardin, the husband of Louise Anderson Hardin, also leaves three sons, Barry Hardin, Kent Hardin and David Hardin, all of Memphis; three sisters, Edith Reese of Leah, Ga., Ruth Matthews of Atlanta and Martha Culpepper of Dearing, Ga.; two brothers, J. S. Hardin of Memphis and Dr. John Hardin of Augusta, and a grandson. The family requests any memorials be sent to Memphis Food Bank, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art or the American Cancer Society. (Published in The Commercial Appeal on December 23, 1993)
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