Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Darden, M. William, 1955 

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Mills Wm. Darden 

Mills William (Billy) Darden, 76, retired farmer of Isle of Wight County, 
died March 24, 1955, at his home near Windsor after a long illness.  He was 
the husband of the late Elizabeth Carr Darden and the son of James Woodville 
Darden of Isle of Wight County.  He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. E.I. 
Benton of Isle of Wight County; four sons, J.W. & W.L. Darden of Carrsville, 
M.W. Darden Jr. & J.H. Darden of Windsor; a sister, Mrs. Laura Hedgepeth of 
Windsor; 11 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. 


Mills William "Billy" DARDEN, retired farmer, 
b. 8 Aug 1878, Isle of Wight Co., d. 24 Mar 1955, at home, near Windsor, 
interred in the Hickory Neck Cemetery, Joyners Bridge Rd., 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Thurs., Mar. 31, 1955, p. 1, col. 2 

Additional information: 

Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} Hickory Neck list (#126): 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

D.O.B. from D.Cert. #6863 (Windsor Dist. #2). 

Mills W. Darden, 23, single, b. & res. Isle of Wight Co., 
   sn/o Jn. & Margaret [Z.V. WATKINS RHODES] Darden, farmer 
Eliz.M. Carr, 19, single, b. Isle of Wight Co., 
   dt/o Jn.T. & M.S. [Martha S. DARDEN] Carr 
m. 10 Apr 1902, Isle of W. Co., by L.R. Christie 
(Isle of Wight Co. M.Reg. {BVS copy}, 1902 #38 

His father went by his middle name Woodville, but his first name was John, 
   not James (as in the text). 

Jno.W. Darden, 23, single, b. & res. Isle of Wight Co., 
   sn/o Jno.H. & Margaret Darden, farmer 
Margaret [Mrs. Kena] Rhodes, 29, widowed, b. Isle of Wight Co., 
   dt/o Benjamin [Jr.} & Elizabeth [JOHNSON] Watkins 
m. 7 Dec 1871 (FamilySearch.org "Virginia Marriages" database) 

This obit was gleaned from Find a Grave Mem. #135551575, created by 
   Fran Chancellor (also a contributor to the USGenWeb Archives); 
   the initials of his children are explained there. 


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File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com) [punctuation & notes mine]. 

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