Atlanta,  Georgia, May 12, 2015 - HAVERTYS (NYSE: HVT and HVT.A) announced today
that,  on May 12, 2015, its  board of directors  declared a cash  dividend to be
paid  on the outstanding shares of the two  classes of $1 par value common stock
of  the company at a rate of $0.08 per  share on the common stock and $0.075 per
share  on the  Class A  common stock.   The dividend  is payable  Thursday, June
11, 2015 to  stockholders  of  record  at  the  close  of business on Wednesday,
May 27, 2015.  Havertys has paid a cash dividend in each year since 1935.

The board also is pleased to announce the following promotion.

Tim  Simpson was  promoted to  assistant vice  president, information technology
development.   He started with the company  in 2005 as senior java developer, in
2008 was  serving  as  senior  team  manager,  and  since  2011 as  director  of
development.  Mr. Simpson is responsible for the architecture and development of
key  Havertys systems  including sales,  website, and  intranet among others and
reports  to  Greg  Davis,  vice  president, information technology development.
Prior  to joining  Havertys he  worked in  consulting roles  in the  health care
industry,   in   development  with  Idea  Integration  and  in  consulting  with
Accenture.   Mr. Simpson graduated from State  University of New York at Geneseo
with  a Bachelor of  Arts degree in  mathematics and earned  a Master of Arts in
mathematics from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Havertys  (NYSE: HVT  and HVT.A),  established in  1885, is a  full-service home
furnishings  retailer  with  121 showrooms  in  16 states  in  the  Southern and
Midwestern  regions providing  its customers  with a  wide selection  of quality
merchandise  in middle to upper-middle  price ranges.  Additional information is
available on the Company's website at www.havertys.com.



Contact:
Havertys 404-443-2900
Jenny Hill Parker
       SVP, finance, secretary and treasurer

SOURCE:  Havertys



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