Doris Lynn Boyd Hardaway, aged 89, passed away on Friday, September 22, 2017, at her home in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee.

She was born on March 1, 1928 in Kimball, Tennessee, to William Reece Boyd and Bessie Brown Boyd. She grew up on a farm in Kimball and then helped her parents operate a café in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, during the war years. After high school, she moved to Nashville to work for National Life Insurance Company. She lived in the Central Church of Christ Girls Home and sang in Central's Chorus, where she met Owen Hardaway, Jr. They were married on September 30, 1949, and had four children: Lynn, Emily, Sue, and Bill.

As her children grew older, she began working as a medical coder at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, where she worked for 18 years. After Owen's death she began traveling around the U.S., with tour groups or with her daughter, Emily.

She was a long-time member at Pennington Bend Church of Christ, where she was known as one of the "cooking ladies," who could be depended upon to provide an ample supply of food for potluck dinners or a meal for the bereaved, those suffering illness or those recovering from surgery. Doris was especially known for making the communion bread every week for 45 years. 

She was preceded in death by her parents, Reece and Bessie Boyd; brothers Paul Boyd and Vernon Boyd; sisters Iva Lee Boyd Stewart and Mildred Boyd Crouch; husband Owen Hardaway, Jr.; and grandson Peter Crosier. 

She is survived by her children, Lynn Hardaway Crosier (David), Emily Hardaway, Sue Hardaway Ellmore, and Bill Hardaway (Ann); grandchildren Adam Ellmore (Julia), Katie Ellmore Parker (Brooks), Diane Ellmore Throgmorton (Steven), Steven Hardaway (Holly), Bryan Hardaway, and Hannah Hardaway; six great-grandchildren; brother Clyde Boyd and sisters Virginia Boyd Lyons and Faye Boyd Lofty.

Visitation will be on Monday, September 25, 2017, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at Pennington Bend Church of Christ in Nashville, Tennessee, with the funeral service to follow at 6:00 p.m. Burial will be on Tuesday, September 26, 2017, at 11:00 a.m. at Sequatchie Valley Memorial Gardens in Jasper, Tennessee, preceded by a graveside service.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to In Search of the Lord's Way ministry, P.O. Box 371, Edmond, OK 73083-9901.

Arrangements under the direction of Hibbett & Hailey Funeral Home, Nashville, TN.