<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001127602-16-051809.txt : 20160511
<SEC-HEADER>0001127602-16-051809.hdr.sgml : 20160511
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20160511161239
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001127602-16-051809
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160509
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160511
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160511

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000216085
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-FURNITURE STORES [5712]
		IRS NUMBER:				580281900
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		780 JOHNSON FERRY ROAD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 800
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30342
		BUSINESS PHONE:		404-443-2900

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		780 JOHNSON FERRY ROAD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 800
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30342

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DUKES LAURA ALLISON
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001674244

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14445
		FILM NUMBER:		161640025

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		780 JOHNSON FERRY ROAD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 800
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30342
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<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>PRIMARY DOCUMENT
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0206</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2016-05-09</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>1</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000216085</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>HVT</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001674244</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>DUKES LAURA ALLISON</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>780 JOHNSON FERRY RD.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 800</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>ATLANTA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>GA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>30342</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Jenny H. Parker, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-05-11</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>doc1.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY (PUBLIC):
<TEXT>
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR
HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES, INC.
SECTION 16(a) FILINGS


	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
makes, constitutes and appoints each of Jenny H. Parker and
Belinda J. Clements, each acting individually, as the
undersigned?s true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full
power and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and
in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:

       (1)	prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file
Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments thereto) with
respect to the securities of Haverty Furniture Companies,
Inc., a Maryland corporation (the ?Company?), with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission, any national
securities exchanges and the Company, as considered necessary
or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, as amended from time to time (the ?Exchange Act?);
       (2)	seek or obtain, as the undersigned?s
representative and on the undersigned?s behalf, information on
transactions in the Company?s securities from any third party,
including brokers, employee benefits plan administrators and
trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such
person to release any such information to the undersigned and
approves and ratifies any such release of information; and
       (3)	perform any and all other acts which in the
discretion of such attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable
for and on behalf of the undersigned in connection with the
foregoing.
The undersigned acknowledges that:
       (1)	this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not
require, each such attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion
on information provided to such attorney-in-fact without
independent verification of such information;
       (2)	any documents prepared and/or executed by either
such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to
this Power of Attorney will be in such form and will contain
such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in
his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;
       (3)	neither the Company nor either of such attorney-
in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned?s
responsibility to comply with the requirements of the Exchange
Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to
comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or
liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under
Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and
       (4)	this Power of Attorney does not relieve the
undersigned from responsibility for compliance with the
undersigned?s obligations under the Exchange Act, including
without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16
of the Exchange Act.
       The undersigned hereby gives and grants each of the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and
perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing
matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if present, hereby ratifying all
that each such attorney-in-fact of, for and on behalf of the
undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
of this Limited Power of Attorney.

       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to each such attorney-in-fact.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this
Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 9th day of May,
2016.




Signature

L. Allison Dukes
Print Name

STATE OF GEORGIA		)
		)
COUNTY OF    Cobb		)

	On this 9th day of May, 2016, L. Allison Dukes,
personally appeared before me, and acknowledged that she
executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein
contained.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
official seal.


Rhonda L. Murphy
Notary Public

My Commission Expires:	3-31-2019

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