Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Darden, Dorothy C. Piland, 1973 

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DOROTHY CAROLINE PILAND DARDEN 

  CARRSVILLE - A funeral service for Mrs. Dorothy Piland Darden, 60, of Rt. 1, 
Carrsville, was held Friday at 2:30 p.m. in Beaver Dam Baptist Church by the 
Rev. Edwin C. Thornton.

  Burial was in Beaver Dam Cemetery, W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home in 
charge.

  Mrs. Darden died Wednesday at 5:20 p.m. in Southampton Memorial Hospital 
after a long illness.

  A native of Isle of Wight, she was a daughter of the late Henry and Mary 
Elizabeth Pearce* Piland and the widow of Rufus Darden Sr.

  She was a member of Beaver Dam Baptist Church.

  Survivors include five sons, Raymond Darden, Marvin Darden and Rufus Darden, 
Jr., all of Carrsville, and Luther Darden and Bernard Darden both of Suffolk; 
one sister, Mrs. Gladys Johnson of Suffolk; one brother, George Piland of 
Newport News and eight grandchildren.

  Pallbearers were Wayland Perry, Pete Holland, William N. Howell, James M. 
Carr, Willie Bradshaw, Ray Thomas, Ryland Duck and Chesley Munford.


Dorothy Caroline (PILAND; Mrs. Rufus E. [Sr.]) DARDEN, 
Isle of Wight Co. native, d. 11 Apr 1973, Franklin, age 60, 
interred in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery**, 13 Apr 1973, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 16, 1973, A-7 

**Beaver Dam list (BC-27) - an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 14, 1967, p. 3) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/d635r8ob.txt 

*Her parents are buried in Uzzell Methodist Church Cemetery.  Dorothy & 
   Mary E.'s d.certs. and "Mollie's" m.rec all give PEARCE, but Mollie's 
   gravestone gives PIERCE.  (photo at Find a Grave Mem. #101633720) 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report (#13): 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

   
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