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Harding was born in Campbellsville to Abel Turner Harding (1881–1966), also an attorney, and the former Mary Moore. He graduated from Campbellsville High School in 1933 and received his undergraduate degree from Carson-Newman College, a [[Southern Baptist]] liberal arts institution in Jefferson City, [[Tennessee]]. He obtained his legal degree from the [[University of Louisville]] School of Law in [[Louisville]], Kentucky. He was a member of the Campbellsville Baptist Church. After a year, Harding left the legislature to enter the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]], having served for three and a half years.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.columbiamagazine.com/index.php?sid=34373|title=Obituary: Fuller Harding, 94, Taylor Co., KY|publisher=columbiamagazine.com|accessdate=July 2, 2010}}</ref>  He had succeeded fellow Republican lawmaker Herschel T. Baker (died 1963) of Columbia in Adair County, who served from 1936 to 1937 and again from 1940 to 1941.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baker4.html#02Z1BQHWJ|title=Index to Politicians, Baker, G to I|publisher=politicalgraveyard.com|accessdate=July 2, 2010}}</ref>

Harding was born in Campbellsville to Abel Turner Harding (1881–1966), also an attorney, and the former Mary Moore. He graduated from Campbellsville High School in 1933 and received his undergraduate degree from Carson-Newman College, a [[Southern Baptist]] liberal arts institution in Jefferson City, [[Tennessee]]. He obtained his legal degree from the [[University of Louisville]] School of Law in [[Louisville]], Kentucky. He was a member of the Campbellsville Baptist Church. After a year, Harding left the legislature to enter the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]], having served for three and a half years.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.columbiamagazine.com/index.php?sid=34373|title=Obituary: Fuller Harding, 94, Taylor Co., KY|publisher=columbiamagazine.com|accessdate=July 2, 2010}}</ref>  He had succeeded fellow Republican lawmaker Herschel T. Baker (died 1963) of Columbia in Adair County, who served from 1936 to 1937 and again from 1940 to 1941.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baker4.html#02Z1BQHWJ|title=Index to Politicians, Baker, G to I|publisher=politicalgraveyard.com|accessdate=July 2, 2010}}</ref>

   

   

Robert S. Clark (born 1931), retired vice president for academic affairs at Baptist-affiliated [[Campbellsville University]], said that Harding's father was instrumental in soliciting funds in the early 1900s to open Russell Creek Academy, which in 1906 became Campbellsville College, the forerunner of Campbellsville University. Fuller Harding served for five years on the CU board of trustees.<ref name=camp/>

[[Robert S. Clark]], who was the vice president for academic affairs at Baptist-affiliated [[Campbellsville University]], said that Harding's father was instrumental in soliciting funds in the early 1900s to open Russell Creek Academy, which in 1906 became Campbellsville College, the forerunner of Campbellsville University. Fuller Harding served for five years on the CU board of trustees.<ref name=camp/>

   

   

In 1967, at the age of fifty-two, the longtime bachelor married the former Willye R. Crawford (August 10, 1909 – September 13, 1996).  On August 3, 2008, he wed the former Martha Tucker Gaddie Burress, who survived him. There were two stepdaughters, Rosalind Tender of [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]], Kentucky, and Elizabeth Tillotson of [[Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]].<ref name=camp/>

In 1967, at the age of fifty-two, the longtime bachelor married the former Willye R. Crawford (August 10, 1909 – September 13, 1996).  On August 3, 2008, he wed the former Martha Tucker Gaddie Burress, who survived him. There were two stepdaughters, Rosalind Tender of [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]], Kentucky, and Elizabeth Tillotson of [[Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]].<ref name=camp/>