Kenneth “My Love” Paul Harrington

March 27, 1938 ~ July 31, 2021

ABBEVILLE — A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, August 4, 2021 at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church honoring the life of Kenneth Paul Harrington, My Love, as he was affectionately known, died peacefully on Saturday, July 31, 2021, at Abbeville General Hospital.
He will be laid to rest at St. Paul Cemetery with Reverend Louis J. Richard officiating the services.
Pallbearers will be Tyler Harrington, Bryan Touchet, Eric LeBlanc, Branden LeBlanc, Sammy Laporte, Ralph Hutchinson, Wade Trahan and Taylor Wilson. Honorary pallbearers will be the 1956 Abbeville High School classmates, Sheriff Michael Couvillon and the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office personnel with whom he worked, and so many friends and family that are too numerous to name.
My Love was a 1956 Abbeville High School graduate, and still remained close with many of his classmates. He greatly enjoyed coaching many youths in Abbeville Little League and Babe Ruth baseball leagues for many years. He was retired from the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office after 33 years of loyal service, serving under the late Sheriff Euda Delcambre, Sheriff Ray Lemaire and current Sheriff Mike Couvillon.
He was 83 years old, and lived a long, beautiful and wonderful life filled with lots of music, love and laughter. My Love was a great man, who never met a stranger, always befriending everyone he met, and always had a great joke to share. He loved to cook, he loved to eat, but he loved his family more, never wanting to miss out on any chance to be with his grandchildren, his pride and joy, whom affectionately called him “Poppa Love,” which he proudly displayed on his pick-up truck, as he travelled around town.
He leaves behind to cherish his memory his beloved wife of 61 years, Joan Touchet Harrington, as well as his son, Greg Harrington, and his wife, Sheila LeBlanc Harrington, his grandchildren, Tyler Harrington and Kennedy Harrington, as well as his great grandson, Aiden (A.J.) Harrington. He is also survived by his sister-in-law, Charlotte Dubois Touchet.
He was predeceased in death by his parents, Alton and Ella “Beco” Hebert Harrington, his in-laws, Denis, Annie and Amy Touchet, and his brother-in-law, Glen Touchet.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville, 209 S. St. Charles St., on Wednesday, August 4, 2021 from 9:00 AM until 1:45 PM when the procession will depart for the church. A rosary being prayed at 11:00 AM.
The family would like to extend our deepest appreciation and gratitude to the staff of Eastridge Nursing Home, where he was a resident since March, 2021, as well as the staff of Abbeville General Hospital, for the wonderful comfort and care provided to My Love. The family would also like to extend our great appreciation to all who called, texted, left a message or shared a story about My Love, as it has been a great comfort at this difficult time.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.vincentfuneralhome.net.
All funeral arrangements are being conducted by Vincent Funeral Home of Abbeville, (337) 893-4661.