CLARA HARDING Obituary: Terrebonne Parish, La.

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Source: Houma Courier, Houma, Terrebonne Parish, La.

10 Oct 2004

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October 10. 2004 12:39AM

Clara Harding						[Photo]

Clara Lena Riley Harding, 76, a native of Morgan City and resident of Bayou 
Dularge, died at 6:50 a.m. Friday, Oct. 8, 2004.

Visitation is from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday at Community Funeral Home and from 5 p.m. 
to funeral time at First Corinthian Baptist Church. Funeral services will be at 
the church. Graveside dismissal burial will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Luke 
Baptist Church Cemetery.

She is survived by her husband, Alvin Harding Sr. of Houma; four sons, Alvin 
Harding Jr. of Lincoln, Neb., James Harding of Baton Rouge, and Glen Harding and 
Warren Harding Sr., both of Houma; three daughters, Joyce (Henry) Allen, Joan 
(Sterling) Short and Sylvia Harding, all of Houma; five sisters, Katie Campbell 
of New Orleans, Lucy Johnson, Laurie Traylor, Charlotte (Samuel) Shepherd, all 
of Houma, and Olivia Robinson of Topeka, Kan.; three brothers, Joseph (Olivia) 
Riley Sr. of New Orleans, Henry (Denise) Riley and Roswell (Rock) Delco, both of 
Houma; 18 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Ruth T. Riley and Joseph Riley Sr.; 
one daughter, Barbara Jean; one grandchild, Damien Lamar Short; one sister, 
Doretha Green; and her grandparents, Henry and Sarah Tyler, and Lucy and Duncan 
Riley.

She was Baptist and a member of First Corinthian Baptist Church.