Long Time Business Owner
SHELLEY “KYLE” HARDY, SR.
HEADLAND… Shelley “Kyle” Hardy, Sr., a resident of the Tumbleton Community near Headland, Alabama passed away Tuesday morning, November 3, 2026, at his home. He was 80.
Funeral services will be held 10:00 A.M. Saturday, November 7, 2026, at New Zion Free Will Baptist Church, with Reverend Joey Pettis and Dr. Perry Mobley officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery, where his grandson, Colton Hardy, will honor him by playing Taps. Visitation will be held Friday evening from 5:00 until 7:00 P.M. at Wright Funeral Home & Crematory. Wright Funeral Home & Crematory is in charge of the arrangements.
Flowers will be accepted or contributions may be made in his memory to the New Zion Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, c/o of David Teat, 10033 County Road 47, Shorterville, Alabama 36373.
Mr. Hardy was born at Moody Hospital in Dothan, Alabama to the late L.J. Hardy, Jr. and Dorothy “Dot” Shelley Hardy. He was lifetime resident of the Tumbleton Community near Headland, Alabama. Kyle was a 1964 graduate of Headland High School. After high school He served his country in the U.S. Army National Guard. He owned and operated Headland Tire Company for five years that later formed into Hardy’s Headland Tire with his late brother, Jerry Hardy, for forty years. Upon retirement he became part owner of Wiregrass International in Headland, Alabama. He also served the citizens of Henry County as a county commissioner for twelve years. Mr. Kyle was a lifelong member of the New Zion Free Will Baptist Church in Tumbleton, Alabama, where he served as a deacon from 1991 until the present. He also served as a Sunday school teacher until he had to step down because of his illness. He also served his community as a volunteer with the Headland Fire Department. He was named Headland’s Man of the year. His pride and joy were his family and being on the farm.
Along with his parents, he was also preceded in death by his beloved daughter, Kerrie Dawn Lewis; his great-granddaughter, Cylann Dawn Hicks; his brother, Jerry Hardy; his father-in-law & mother-in-law, Curtis Cunningham and Katreen Cunningham; his brothers-in-law, John A. Skipper, Roy Cunningham, and Ray Cunningham; and his niece, Denise Andrews Whitten.
Leaving to cherish his memories are his wife of sixty years, Dianne Cunningham Hardy; his sons, Shelley Kyle “Kylie” Hardy, II (Tasha) and Jeffrey Hardy (Brandie); his son-in-law, George Lewis (Kim); his sisters, Judy Skipper and Zelda Oates (Wyatt); his sisters-in-law, Colleen Hardy and Elizabeth Andrews (James); his brother-in-law, Bobby Cunningham; his grandchildren, Jordan Lewis, Anna Hicks (Cyle), Abby Braddy (Justin), Gage Odom (Sage), Reaghan Hardy, Colton Hardy, and Landon Hardy; his great-grandchildren, Eli Hicks, Fisher Hicks, Maggie Lewis, Rhett Braddy, Finleigh Hicks, Everett Odom, and Annie Lew Braddy; and his several nieces, nephews, cousins and many friends.
Serving as active pallbearers will be Kylie Hardy, Jeffrey Hardy, George Lewis, Jordan Lewis, Gage Odom, Cyle Hicks, Chris Culp, Kirby Shelley, and Colton Hardy.
Serving as honorary pallbearers will be Kenneth Ethridge, James Andrews, Gary Shelley, Chappy Trawick, Russell Killingsworth, Pete Shelley, Wyatt Oates, Billy Shelley, Phil Hardy, Kendall Cooper, and Roy Dean Smith.
His final moments were spent just as his life had been filled, with love. He took his last breath in the loving arms of his wife and devoted caregiver, and his children close beside him. Though his passing leaves a tremendous void, we find comfort knowing he was surrounded by the love of his family until the very end.
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