Robert Allen Gardner, age 71, of Grange City, Kentucky, passed away Friday, August 1, 2008. He was born January 27, 1937, in Hillsboro, Kentucky, and was the son of the late James Russell and Katherine Delle Ishmael Gardner. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, James Darrell Gardner and Kenneth Earl Gardner, and one sister, Bernice Marie Willet. He is survived by two sons, James Allen Gardner and wife Beth of Fayetteville, West Virginia, and Gary Wayne Gardner of Oak Hill, West Virginia; one daughter, Peggy Ann Sturdivant and husband Jerry of Cynthiana, Kentucky; and five grandchildren. Other survivors include two brothers, Clarence Freelan (Freed) Gardner and wife Dorothy of Dayton, Ohio, and Sterling Wayne Gardner of Springboro, Ohio; three sisters, Minnie Pearl Adams of Cincinnati, Ohio, Mary Frances Smith and husband Jim of Loveland, Ohio, and Brenda Joyce Clark and husband Dallas of Loveland, Ohio; and many nieces and nephews. Robert served in the U.S. Army from 1955-1957. He was a heavy equipment operator and owner and operator of a trucking company. Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Thursday, August 7, 2008, at Hutton Funeral Home with the Rev. Randy Hawkins and Brother Gerald Saunders officiating. Burial will follow in the Hillsboro Cemetery. Full military rites will be conducted at the graveside by Flemingsburg Franklin Sousley VFW Post 1834 and American Legion Post No. 5. Pallbearers will be Glennis Lewis, Tim Robinson, Dennie Adams, Gary Snedegar, Clarence Gardner, and Chris Gardner. Visitation is Thursday, August 7, 2008, from 11 a.m. until the funeral service at 2 p.m. at the Hutton Funeral Home, Hillsboro, Kentucky. Visitation: Thursday, August 7, 2008, after 11 a.m. Funeral: Thursday, August 7, 2008, at 2 p.m Interment: Hillsboro Cemetery