Obituaries: Earl Hardy Denning, Jr., 1983, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 19, 1983 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Services For Earl Hardy Denning, Jr.

A prominent member of Winnfield's business community, Earl Hardy Denning, Jr.,
of 414 West Main Street, succumbed Tuesday, January 18, 1983 after an
extended illness.

Denning was owner and operator of Western Auto Store and owner with his wife
of Denning Furniture Store.  He died at 11 a.m. in Veterans Administration
Hospital in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, January 20, at First
United Methodist Church with Reverend Grayson Watson officiating. 
Arrangements are under direction of Southern Funeral Home.  Burial
will follow in Garden of Memories on U. S. Highway 84 West.

The 60 year old businessman was born December 26, 1922 in Rochelle, Louisiana.
After moving with his family to Alexandria, he graduated from Bolton High
School and attended Louisiana Tech University in Ruston and Louisiana State
University in Baton Rouge.

Denning worked for 19 years with Western Auto Stores in various locations,
before purchasing the local store and moving to Winnfield in 1964.

He was a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Mason and a member of Eastern Star Lodge
No. 151.  He was also a member of the First United Methodist Church, the
Winn Chamber of Commerce, and active in both business and community affairs.

Survivors include his wife, Gould Collins Denning; a son, Earl H. Denning III
of Shreveport; two daughters, Janet Denning of Winnfield and Linda Denning of
Shreveport; his mother, Mrs. Earl H. Denning, Sr., of Alexandria; one sister,
Mrs. Betty Gingras of Alexandria; and one brother, Dr. Harold Denning of Baton
Rouge.