Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Darden, Curtis L., 1961 

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CURTIS LEE DARDEN 

CURTIS LEE DARDEN BURIED MARCH 29 AT UZZELLS CHURCH 

  Curtis Lee Darden, 35, farmer and veteran of World War II of Smithfield, 
died Sunday morning, March 26, 1961, in the Kecoughtan Veterans Hospital, 
Hampton, after a long illness.

  A lifelong resident of Isle of Wight County, he was a member of Uzzells 
Methodist Church and its Young Adult Bible Class.  He was an active member 
of Isle of Wight Ruritan Club before his illness.

  He was a son of William E. Darden and the late Mrs. Alice Pearce Darden.

  Survivors are his father, Wm. E. Darden; his wife, Mrs. Rita Turner Darden; 
a daughter Linda May Darden; three sons, Curtis L. Darden, Jr., William R. 
Darden and Larry G. Darden of the home; five sisters, Mrs. T.C. Lawson of 
Portsmouth and Mrs. Paul Godwin, Miss Ruth Darden, Mrs. Alton Whitley and Mrs. 
Cleveland Hall, Jr., of Smithfield and a brother Willis E. Darden of Newport 
News.

  A funeral service was held on Wednesday, March 29 at 2:30 p.m. in Uzzells 
Church with burial in the church cemetery.  The body was taken from the 
Bullock Funeral Home to the church at 1:30 p.m.


Curtis Lee DARDEN, of Smithfield, farmer, WW-II veteran, 
b. 14 Jul 1925, Smithfield, d. 26 Mar 1961, Hampton, 
interred in Uzzell's Methodist Church Cemetery (Sect. D*), 29 Mar 1961, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 42, No. 13, Mar. 30, 1961 

*His parents are buried there also, but are omitted from the list. 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #13: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Photos of William & Pearl's gravestones are posted with their Find a Grave 
   Memorials, #90761359 & #101633731.  Curtis has a flat bronze V.A. marker, 
   pictured with his Memorial, #90761828. 

Birthplace &c. from D.Cert. #5902. 


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