Robert Edgar Hardister's Obituary
Robert Edgar Hardister, 97 of Albemarle, passed away Saturday, December 31, 2022 in Atrium Health Stanly. His funeral service will be 2pm Tuesday, January 3, 2023 at Prospect Baptist Church with Pastor Stoney Benfield and Rev. Dr. Darrell Huneycutt. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 12pm until 1:45pm at the church prior to the service.
Mr. Hardister was born July 31, 1925 in Randolph County, NC to the late Robert Chisolm Hardister and Amanda Pauline Hoover Hardister. He was a member of Prospect Baptist Church. Robert was the church treasurer at Prospect Baptist Church for fifty years, he also taught Sunday School and served as a deacon. He was a charter member (1956) of Bethany Volunteer Fire Department and was chief from 1972 until 1988 and was Fireman of the Year in 1965, 1972, and 1986. Mr. Hardister was the Stanly County Fireman’s Association Fighter of the year in 1965 and President of the Association in 1974. He served in the United States Army during WWII in Rome with the 88th Infantry Division.
Robert is survived by his wife, Louise Almond Hardister of the home. He is also survived by a son, Ronnie Hardister of Albemarle; four sisters, Laura Brown of Albemarle, Lucille Maner of Norwood, Shirley Hardister of Charlotte, and Linda Justice of Indian Trail. He is also preceded in death by a son, Robert Hardister, two brothers, Donald Hardister and Jack Hardister and two sisters, Francis Taylor, and Sue Fraley.
Memorials may be made to Prospect Baptist Church Building Fund, 502 Prospect Church Rd, Albemarle, NC 28001, or the Shriners Hospitals for Children, [email protected]
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