Allen Harding

Funeral Service for Allen Harding will be held Saturday, December 15, 2018, 12:00 Noon at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, Charenton, LA. Rev. Paul Godfrey will officiate the service.

Visitation will be Saturday, December 15, 2018, from 10:00 AM until the time of service at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church.

Mr. Harding will be interred in the church cemetery.

Allen was preceded in death by his parents, Lionel and Myrtle Shields Harding, his wife, Josephine M. Harding; two brothers, Lemerro Harding and Glenn Harding; four uncles, Adam Shields, William "Bill" Harding, Louis "Chip" Harding and Wilbert Harding; seven aunts, Gladys Shields, Virginia Shields, Almeta S. Charles, Katie S. Little, Caldonia Shields, Sandra H. Nerve, and Shirley H. King; his maternal grandparents, Willie and Pearly Shields and his paternal grandparents, Lionel and Hazel Harding.

He leaves to cherish his memories his children, Monica (Marvin) Grogan of Franklin, LA; Laconda Key of Jeanerette, LA; Yolanda Torrence of San Antonio, TX; and Trema Teneise Matthews of Four Corners, LA;  Alan Michael Harding, Sr. of Four Corners, LA; and Demnick (Shantell) Allen of Jeanerette, LA; three sisters, Kathy Jones and Jane Harding, both of Baldwin, LA; Brenda H. (Wilfred) Burney of Franklin, LA; three uncles, Willie Shields of Franklin, LA; Warren (Lois) Shields of Houston, TX; and Joe (Myrtha) Shields of Baldwin, LA; three aunts, Virvia Shields of Baldwin, LA; Sedonia H. Belton of Beaumont, TX; and Carolyn H. Mitchell of Jeanerette, LA; one great uncle, Willie (Ethel) Narcisse of Baldwin, LA; several grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends.

MK DIXON Funeral Home is in charge of final arrangements, 337-940-9253, 211 Main Street, Baldwin, LA 70514.