Age 78, Lawton - Services will be 11:00 AM Friday in the Galilee Missionary Baptist Church with Pastor Michael Logan, officiating. Mrs. Hardin died Sunday at her home. Burial will be in the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. She was born on January 13, 1931 in Wewoka to James A. and Lillie (Ellison) Murray. She married SFC (Retired) William L. Hardin in Seminole on February 23, 1953. He passed away on November 19, 1997. She worked for Sears in catalog sales for 25 years before retiring. She was a proud and devoted lifetime member of the Galilee Missionary Baptist Church, where she was the chairperson of the Widows and Widowers club and an active member of the WMU. She was a member of the AMVETS of America, the Sears Widow Club and the Sears Retired Employee Club. She was affectionately known as "Mrs. Woman" by her children. Survivors include six children, Ron Hardin and his wife, Trudy, of Baltimore, Maryland, Marvin Hardin of Dallas, Texas, Sharon Mayberry and her husband, Ellis Robert, of Rowlett, Texas, Chris Hardin of Newport News, Virginia, Jacqueline Shoemaker and her husband, Grady, of Wylie, Texas, and Shelby Hardin and his wife, Tina, of Lawton; 13 grandchildren, Raquel, Ronnie Jr., Xavier, Anthony, Lindsey, Chancee, Colby, Channing, Michelle, Chandler, Payton, Asante and Rasheed; seven great grandchildren; a brother, James Cleo Murray of Oklahoma City; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Linda Jefferson and Eugene of Houston, Texas, and Ira Knowles and Hal of Oklahoma City; six aunts, Bertha Love of Kansas City, Missouri, Pinky Oliver of Corcoran, California, and Charlene Ellison, Sharon Underdown, Wonzetta Ellison, and Robin Ellison, all of Oklahoma City; an uncle, Walter Ellison of Oklahoma City; and numerous other family and friends. Her parents, husband, a son, William Hardin, Jr., a sister, Dorothy Moore, and a brother, Clifford Murray, preceded her in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the Galilee Missionary Baptist Church, 7 Dr. Louis K. Jones Avenue, Lawton, Oklahoma 73507.