SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - Edwin Noble Hardison, 88, of Savannah, Georgia, widower of Naomi Cobb Hardison, died Saturday evening, March 19, 2011 at the home of his daughter and son-in-law in Denver, North Carolina.

Born in Live Oak, Florida on October 29, 1922, he was the son of the late Edwin Costin Hardison and the late Rebekah “Bessie” Noble Hardison. Mr. Hardison was a former resident of Brunswick, Georgia and a graduate of Glynn Academy and Aurora University in Aurora, Illinois. He was a United States Navy Veteran serving in the South Pacific during World War II. He worked at the Liberty National Bank and retired from Continental Forest Industries after 36 years of service. He was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church and former member of the Hardison Memorial Advent Christian Church, both in Savannah, Georgia.

Surviving are two daughters, Lynn H. Kapp and her husband, John, of Savannah, Georgia and Nancy H. Hall and her husband, Gene, of Denver, North Carolina and one son, Edwin “ Eddie” C. Hardison and his wife, Gail, of Tampa, Florida; six grandchildren, Ben Harris, David Hall, Lisa Hall, Lance Hardison, Lauren Hardison, and Paige Hardison, and one great-grandchild, MaKenna Harris.

The family will receive friends from 11:00 until 12:30 o’clock Friday at Gamble Funeral Service, 410 Stephenson Avenue, Savannah, Georgia.

The funeral service, with full military honors, will be held at 1 o’clock Friday afternoon at the graveside, Greenwich section of Bonaventure Cemetery, conducted by The Reverend Peter J. Hartmann.

Remembrances: In lieu of flowers contributions may be sent to St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 10 West 31st Street, Savannah, Georgia, 31401.