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Montgomery died of heart failure while in an advanced stage of [[Alzheimer's disease]]. Azalee, who was nine years his senior, had died ten years earlier. At the time of his death, Montgomery had been retired from the state senate for nearly twenty years; yet Edwin Edwards was still the governor.

Montgomery died of heart failure while in an advanced stage of [[Alzheimer's disease]]. Azalee, who was nine years his senior, had died ten years earlier. At the time of his death, Montgomery had been retired from the state senate for nearly twenty years; yet Edwin Edwards was still the governor.

Harold and Azalee Montgomery and their son are interred at the Haughton Cemetery (established 1945) in Bossier Parish.<ref name=halmobit/>​

Harold and Azalee Montgomery and their son are interred at the Haughton Cemetery (established 1945) in Bossier Parish.<ref name=halmobit/>​ Harold Montgomery was survived by his son, Hal, Jr., and daughter-in-law, Linda Burge Montgomery, two granddaughters, Leigh Ann Montgomery Bates of Doyline and Tara Montgomery Madison of Baton Rouge, and three sisters, Audrey Rodes of Benton, Jean Morgan of [[Lake Charles]], and Bobbie Steele of [[Memphis]], [[Tennessee]], and numerous nephews and nieces.<ref>Billy Hathorn, "Same Surnames, Different Perspectives: Harold and Jack Montgomery in the Louisiana State Senate, 1960 to 1976," ''[[North Louisiana History]]'' Vol 51 (Winter/Spring 2020, pp. 27-61.</ref>​

 

Harold Montgomery was survived by his son, Hal, Jr., and daughter-in-law, Linda Burge Montgomery, two granddaughters, Leigh Ann Montgomery Bates of Doyline and Tara Montgomery Madison of Baton Rouge, and three sisters, Audrey Rodes of Benton, Jean Morgan of [[Lake Charles]], and Bobbie Steele of [[Memphis]], [[Tennessee]], and numerous nephews and nieces.​

In addition to Governor Edwards, pallbearers included then Republican U.S. Representative James Otis "Jim" McCrery, III, who then represented Louisiana's 4th congressional district, former state legislative colleague Parey Pershing Branton, Sr. (1918-2011), a Democrat from Shongaloo in Webster Parish, [[dairy]]man Roy Donald "Don" Hinton (1912–2011) of Minden,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=r-d-hinton-don&pid=150300909|title=R. Don Hinton|publisher=''Shreveport Times'', April 18, 2011|accessdate=April 19, 2011}}</ref> and attorney and then Webster Parish Library Board president Henry Grady Hobbs (1923-2012) of Minden,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=henry-hobbs&pid=162069317#fbLoggedOut|title=Henry Hobbs obituary|publisher=''Shreveport Times'', January 2, 2013|accessdate=January 3, 2013}}</ref> who lost the 1960 and 1967 state House elections to Branton, and a Minden [[banker]], Ralph Williams.​<ref name=obit/>

In addition to Governor Edwards, pallbearers included then Republican U.S. Representative James Otis "Jim" McCrery, III, who then represented Louisiana's 4th congressional district, former state legislative colleague Parey Pershing Branton, Sr. (1918-2011), a Democrat from Shongaloo in Webster Parish, [[dairy]]man Roy Donald "Don" Hinton (1912–2011) of Minden,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=r-d-hinton-don&pid=150300909|title=R. Don Hinton|publisher=''Shreveport Times'', April 18, 2011|accessdate=April 19, 2011}}</ref> and attorney and then Webster Parish Library Board president Henry Grady Hobbs (1923-2012) of Minden,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=henry-hobbs&pid=162069317#fbLoggedOut|title=Henry Hobbs obituary|publisher=''Shreveport Times'', January 2, 2013|accessdate=January 3, 2013}}</ref> who lost the 1960 and 1967 state House elections to Branton, and a Minden [[banker]], Ralph Williams.​<ref name=obit/>