Hertford County NcArchives Obituaries.....Darden, Alfred Carlyle 1948
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THE TIDEWATER NEWS – 10-22-1948, P.5
Alfred Carlyle Darden, 64, postmaster at Old Point, died Saturday afternoon, 
October 16, at one o’clock at Dixie Hospital, Hampton, of a cerebral 
hemorrhage. He had been ill for some time.

   The son of the late Alfred Moore and Mrs. Betty Holley Darden, he was born 
in Elm Grove, Hertford County, N.C., in 1884. He was educated at Franklin 
Academy and at the public school then on Norfleet Street, spending the early 
part of his life here with his brother, the late Colgate W. Darden, Sr. For 
many years he was active in the insurance business in Norfolk and Newport 
News, and later became postmaster at Old Point.

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bessie Kyle Darden; two daughters, Capt 
Elizabeth Darden, AUS, now in the Philippine Islands, and Mrs. A.A. 
Koscienlick of Devens, Mass.; one brother J.H. Darden of Elm Grove, N.C., one 
grandchild. His only son. Lt. Alfred C. Darden, Jr., was killed in World War 
II.

   Funeral services were conducted at the grave in Poplar Spring Cemetery on 
Monday at noon by Rev. J.A. Vache, rector of Emmanuel Episcopal Church. The 
active pallbearers were Pretlow Darden, C.W. Darden, Jr., Harvey Lindsay, 
Clarence G. Darden, J. Fenton Matthews, Joseph P. King, John Bell and A.C. 
Thompson.


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