Creek Indian Nation - OBIT:  Douglas Lee Harding
Creek Citizens from across Creek Nation

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   Creek citizens from across Creek Nation 
   
   HARDING
   YPSILANTI, MICH - Douglas Lee HARDING was born May 18, 1928, in Beggs.
   He died July 3, 1997.  Funeral services were held at Community Church
   of God, where he was a member. Rev. David HARDING officiated the
   service. Pallbearers were Harold WIMBERLY, Douglas HARDING, Jr.,
   Patrick COLE, Eddie HARDING, Sr., Rickey HARDING, Robert VENTOUR, Dana
   BARNES, and Coley COLE. Interment was in Washtenong Memorial Park, Ann
   Arbor Township, Michigan.
   He was baptized at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church and had served
   as a deacon of the church, but later joined Community Church of God.
   He was president of the laborers Local Union No. 959, Ann Arbor, the
   secretary-treasurer for the State of Michigan Laborers District
   Council, Lansing, Michigan, and had retired from Barfield
   Manufacturing Company, Ypsilanti, in 1987.
   He was preceded in death by his parents, Oscar and Alice Hanson
   HARDING, and was raised by the late Will and Elizabeth HANSON; and one
   brother, David Yargee. He was survived by his wife, Bertha Mae
   HARDING; one brother, Leroy Ceasar HARDING; his six daughters,
   Patricia COLE, Alice BARNES, Gwendolyn FRAZIER, Cheryl VENTOUR,
   Rochelle GARDNER, and Angela WIMBERLY; his seven sons, Douglas
   HARDING, Jr., Jesse HARDING, Eddie HARDING, Kenneth HARDING, Anthony
   HARDING, David HARDING, and Rickey HARDING; 30 grandchildren, 22
   great-grandchildren, and other relatives and friends.