Judith Hardin

Mrs. Judith Helene (Brown) Hardin, age 77, of Benton, Kentucky, passed away, Friday, May 5, 2023, at her daughter’s home in Murray, Kentucky.

Mrs. Hardin was born on July 12, 1945, in Chicago, Illinois, to the late John Franklin Brown and Helene Gertrude (Stageman) Brown. She worked in real estate sales and retired as a restaurant manager. Mrs. Hardin was a member of the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Paducah, Kentucky and was a member of the Eastern Star Pearl Chapter #181.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister-in-law, Sandy Brown; as well as one great-grandchild, Bryson Clay.

Survivors include her husband, Donald Lee Hardin of Benton, Kentucky; they married on June 21, 1963, in Chicago, Illinois; one daughter, Diane Marie (Hardin) Cavitt and husband Garry of Murray, Kentucky; one brother, George Edward Brown of Chicago, Illinois; as well as seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

A funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, May 11, 2023, at the Northside Baptist Church in Almo, Kentucky with Bro. Brett Miles officiating. Burial will follow in the Beane Cemetery in Farmington, Kentucky. Visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., Thursday, May 11, 2023, at the Northside Baptist Church in Almo, Kentucky.

Expressions of sympathy can be made to the Shriner’s Hospital for Children, 1900 Richmond Road, Lexington, Kentucky 40502.

Online condolences can be made at, www.jhchurchill.com