Once a Charger, always a Charger.

Former Bullitt East senior Hunter Hardin passed away tragically on Wednesday in a single-vehicle crash. Hardin’s funeral will be held on Monday. His family has asked for privacy during this tough time.

Even though Hardin moved to Oldham County and attended South Oldham High School, he still made an impact at Bullitt East since he grew up in Bullitt County and with a large majority of the senior class. At the end of the day on Thursday, senior Michelle Embry and Robert Reiter spoke on the PA system about Hardin and a moment of silence was held to remember him. A lot of students have shown their support by sending thoughts and prayers to his family.

Hardin’s cousin and senior, Johnathon Arnold said, “Hunter was genuine. He cared about people, and would go out of his way to help people. He was someone that couldn’t purposely hurt someone, and if he accidently did, he would go out of his way to fix it and make it right. He knew how to have fun, and he made everything into a comedic situation. If you had a class with him or was ever around him, you never knew what exactly he was going to say or do.”

One of Hardin’s best friend, senior Noah Valdez described him as a person who would do anything for others. “He was the kind of guy that did stuff for others. Any time I needed advice, or a ride home, or company when I was having a bad time, he was there. Without hesitation. One time I passed out at incredible Dave’s while me and him were there, and he carried me like a baby to where my parents were,” said Valdez.

Hardin had many friends at Bullitt East and a lot of people will miss him. “Well I mean I miss him in general. Great guy. But I say I’m gonna miss the times we had together. I have a lot of good memories of me and him and a few other cousins from when we were in elementary school. However, while we lost him, we didn’t lose the memories of him. And that’s how I think he would want us to think. Not mourn over his death, but celebrate the life he had. Because he was so outgoing and enthusiastic, and never liked to see people upset,” said Arnold.

Valdez had many great memories with Hardin. “The greatest memory I have, is when me, him and Max Baker were all three playing airsoft in my basement, shooting up my walls with bb’s and getting yelled at when my mom found out. We used to do that like once a week. We even would go into the woods by my house and have airsoft wars. Me and him were on a team, and we went full commando in the woods. We were laying in mud and tree branches trying to hide so we could ambush my other friends,” said Valdez. He continued by saying “there’s a lot of memories that were great, so even then there were more amazing times.”

Hunter’s funeral will be at noon on Monday, April 23 at Schmid Funeral home in Mt. Washington with burial in Floydsburg Cemetery in Crestwood. Visitation will be from 2-8 pm Sunday.

The Livewire sends their thoughts and prayers to the Hardin family during this time of pain and sadness.