Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Darden, William W., 1961 

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WILLIAM WASHINGTON DARDEN

FUNERAL HELD FOR OLDEST MEMBER OF COLOSSE BAP. CHURCH

   CARRSVILLE - Funeral services were held at the Colosse Baptist Church 
Sunday for William Washington Darden, 94, Rev. Donald E. Trump, pastor, 
officiated.

   Mr. Darden, a retired farmer, was a lifelong resident of Isle of Wight 
County.

   He died Friday afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. A.J. Cobb of 
Hampton, following a short illness.

   Burial was in the church cemetery.  Woodmen of the World held a graveside 
service.

   He was a son of Washington and Mrs. Almittie Bradshaw Darden and was a 
lifelong resident of Isle of Wight County.

   He was the oldest member of Colosse Baptist Church and a charter member of 
Woodmen of the World in Walters.

   Besides his daughter, surviving are 13 grandchildren and 19 great-
grandchildren.

   The body was taken to W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home in Franklin.

   Pallbearers were Michael Bounds, Ryland Duck, Frank Duppert, Johnnie 
Stevens, Linwood Duck, James Clayton Darden, Robert Johnson and Cassie Turner.


William Washington DARDEN, retired farmer, 
lifelong resident of Isle of Wight Co., 
d. 21 Jul 1961, at daughter's home, Hampton, age 94, 
interred in Colosse Baptist Church Cemetery*, Collosse, 23 Jul 1961, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 24, 1961, p. 4 

*Isle of Wight County Historical Society, Grave Site Survey Task Force list: 
 http://www.iwchs.com/Documents/Collosse_Rhodes%20Dr_Cemetery.doc 

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