Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Darden, Janet A. Withers, 1945 

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JANET ALEXANDER WITHERS DARDEN

Janet W. Darden Dead 

  SUFFOLK, Feb. 26 - Mrs. Janet Withers Darden, 66, was found dead at her home 
in College Court this morning. 

  Mrs. Darden is survived by her husband, William Herbert Darden, three sons, 
William Herbert Darden, Jr., Austin Taylor Darden, Robert Withers Darden, one 
daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Darden Pierce, of Alexandria; six grandchildren, and a 
number of nieces and nephews. 

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WILL HOLD DARDEN RITES WEDNESDAY 

Services To Be Held At St Paul's 

  SUFFOLK, Feb. 27. - Funeral services for Mrs. Janet Alexander Withers 
Darden, 65, who was found dead at her home in College Court at noon yesterday, 
will be conducted Wednesday at noon at St. Paul's Episcopal Church by Rev. 
Louis A. Haskell. 

  She is survived by her husband, William Herbert Darden; three sons, W.H. 
Darden, Jr., and A. Taylor Darden, of Suffolk, and Captain Robert W. Darden, 
U.S. Army, of Fort Monroe; a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Darden Pierce, of 
Alexandria; a brother, J. Thorton Withers, of Suffolk; six grandchildren and 
several nieces and nephews.  She was the daughter of the late Austin Chinn 
Withers, of Suffolk, and Mrs. Missouri Taylor Riddick Withers, of Rock Castle, 
Campbell County. 

  She was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, the Randolph Society and 
Woman's Auxiliary of the church and of the United Daughters of Confederacy. 
Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

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MRS. JANET DARDEN TO BE BURIED TODAY

   Suffolk, Feb. 27 - (AP) - Funeral services for Mrs. Janet Withers Darden, 
member of an old Virginia family, will be held tomorrow at St. Paul's 
Episcopal Church here.

   Mrs. Darden died Monday.  She was a native of Suffolk, daughter of the late 
Austin Chinn Withers and the former Missouri Taylor Riddick.

   Besides her husband she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Carroll Pierce, 
Alexandria; three sons, William Herbert Darden, Jr., Austin Taylor Darden and 
Robert Withers Darden, USA; a brother, J. Thornton Withers, of Suffolk, and 
six grandchildren.


Janet Alexander (WITHERS; Mrs. William H. Sr.) DARDEN, 
b. 22 Apr 1879, Suffolk, suicide 26 Feb 1945, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block E, Lot 28*), Suffolk, 28 Feb 1945, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 30, No. 189, Mon., Feb. 26, 1945, p. 8; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 30, No. 190, Tues., Feb. 27, 1945, p. 8; 
donated obit, publication unknown 

*Additional information: 

Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_d.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Jake Dog - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #54792975. 

Her parents are buried in the same lot: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_v.txt 

D.Cert. 3316 (Suffolk #70) 

Her husband's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Apr. 30, 1965, p. 2) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/d635h7ob.txt 

Her father was a Confederate veteran, having served as a courier. 


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