L. Bardwell

Mr. L. M. Bardwell, Sr., age 85, of Kenton, Tennessee, passed away from this life on December 15, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City. Visitation for Mr. Bardwell will be conducted on Saturday, December 21, 2013, from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. in the chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home of Rutherford. Interment will follow in Sunnyside Cemetery of Kenton. Mr. Bardwell was born June 17, 1928, in Gibson County, Tennessee; the son of the late Lonnie and Roberta Flippin Bardwell. Mr. Bardwell retired from the Milan Army Ammunition Plant as a line superintendant. He served as a deacon at St. Paul Baptist Church and as a veteran. Mr. Bardwell is survived by children, Paul Lancaster, Janet Bardwell, L.M. Bardwell, Jr., and spouse, Linda, Kenneth Bardwell, Billy Bardwell, Betty Higgs and husband Tim, Rose Bush, Angela L. Bailey, Angela C. Bailey, and Frank Finch; also by several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Bobbie Sue Eskew Bardwell, daughter, Wanda Dobbins, five sisters and two brothers. Karnes & Son Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Mr. L. M. Bardwell, Sr.