Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Darden, Leonidas J., 1910 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ LEONIDAS JOHN DARDEN L.J. DARDEN’S FUNERAL TODAY Suffolk, Va., April 29 - The body of the late Lonnie J. Darden, who died at his home in Isle of Wight County, will arrive in Suffolk Saturday about 2 o’clock. The burial services will be conducted by Dr. W.W. Staley at the grave. Mr. Darden was a brother of Mrs. Novella Darden and a son of the late Colonel Darden. ****************************************************************************** LEONIDAS JOHN DARDEN L.J. DARDEN BURIED Suffolk, Va., April 30 - The burial of Leonidas J. Darden, who died yesterday at his home in Isle of Wight county, aged about fifty years, took place at 2 o’clock this afternoon in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk. Dr. W.W. Staley conducted services at the grave side. The deceased, who was a son of Col. W.H. Darden, is survived by a widow, who was Mrs. John Doggett, nee Whitley; four children and two step-children. He also is survived by a sister, Mrs. Novella Darden, formerly of Suffolk, who now resides in North Carolina. Leonidas John DARDEN, Isle of Wight Co. native, d. 29 Apr 1910, at home, Isle of Wight Co., age 52, interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block C, Lot 101*), Suffolk, 30 Apr 1910, "The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Apr. 30, 1910, p. 9; "The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), May 1, 1910, p. 22 *His parents are buried in the same lot. Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_d.txt He appears with his parents, in the 1880 Census - Newport Dist., IoW.Co. - as a Justice of the Peace, age 22. He appears in the 1900 Census - Newport Dist., IoW.Co. - as a saw mill manager, b. Jan 1855, boarding with farmer Lemuel ROBERTS. His gravestone shows b. 8 Dec 1857. (Find a Grave Mem. #91121908) His father's obit ("Virginian-Pilot," Jan. 14, 1899, p. 7) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/d635w9ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/d635l8ob.txt