A celebration of life will be held at a later date for 83-year-old David “Joel” Gardner of Hopkinsville.
Maddux-Fuqua-Hinton Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Survivors include his son, Dean Alan Gardner and wife, Marianne, of Tavares, Florida; his daughter, Belinda Gardner McGuire and her husband, Duane, of Hopkinsville; his sister, Martha Gardner Graham and her husband, Darrell, of Hot Springs, Arkansas; his brother, James Hillis Gardner and his wife, Lynn, of Hot Springs, Arkansas; his grandson, Jonathan David Lancaster and his wife, Lysa; and his great grandchildren, Sophia Marie Nail, Taylor Brooke Nail and Christian James Andrew Lancaster.