Survivors include his wife, Thelma; daughter, Annie Peregory (Kennie); stepson, Paul Estes (Renee); stepdaughter, Cindy Massey; seven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a brother, Kenneth “Pete” Harding; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Andrew and Pauline Lee (Dodson-Green) Harding; two brothers, Sydney “Jake” Harding, and Dennis “Pinky” Harding; two sisters, Louise “Mickey” Calvanelli, and Geraldine “Poe” Sullivan; and granddaughter, Ericka Estes.