LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR
HAVERTY FURNITURE COMPANIES, INC.
SECTION 16(a) FILINGS


	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Jenny H. Parker and Bonnie A. Webb,
signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer, director and/or
stockholder of Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. (the
"Company"), Form 3, 4, and 5 and amendments thereto in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2)	Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete
and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 or amendment thereto
and timely file such form with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and any stock exchange
or similar authority; and

(3)	Take any other action of any type whatsoever which, in the
opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be necessary or
desirable in connection with the foregoing authority, it
being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to
this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact
may approve.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of
any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present,
with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-
fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are
not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934.



	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
December 31, 2010, or the undersigned is no longer required to file
Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transaction in securities of the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-
fact.  This Power of Attorney may be filed with the SEC as a confirming
statement of the authority granted herein.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 	21st	 day of 	July	, 2003.




M. Tony Wilkerson
Senior Vice President, Marketing



/s/ M. Tony Wilkerson
[Signature]




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