Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Darden, Mittie Simons, 1934 

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MEDIANN ELIZABETH SIMONS DARDEN

   Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie [sic; Mittie] Darden, who died Thursday at 
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mills Godwin, in Chuckatuck, were conducted 
Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at Western Branch Baptist Church by the 
Rev. J. Sidney Cobb, pastor of the church.

   The choir accompanied by Miss Nellie Mae Nelms sang "Rock of Ages," 
"Sometime We’ll Understand" and "In the Sweet, Bye and Bye."

   She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Mills Godwin, a son, Leonard Darden, 
of Suffolk, two sisters, Mrs. Paul Powell and Mrs. Pattie Ashburn, Myrtle, 
one brother, Sam Simons, of Holland, four grandchildren, Mary Lee, Mildred 
and Leah Godwin, Mills Godwin, Jr., and several nieces and nephews.

   Nephews of the deceased acted as pallbearers, they were; John Henry Powell, 
Edward and Mills Simons, Stanley Rogers, Archie Nelms and Simon Williams.

   Honorary pallbearers were J.R. Chapman, C.H. Pill, J.W. Bryant, J.W. 
Holland, W.N. Rippey, D.C. Cotton, C.T. Whitfield, Dr. L.L. Eley, E.W. 
Bagnell, A.L. Hazelwood, J.E. Batten, W.W. Godwin, Leroy Pope, E.P. Trotman, 
Sam Nelms, J.B. Archer, J.B. Matthews, S.L. McClenny, R.A. Daughtrey, J.A. 
Ashburn, Jack Williams and George E. Rogers.

   Interment was in church cemetery.


"Mittie" Media Anne Elizabeth (SIMONS; Mrs. Richard D.) DARDEN, 
Nansemond Co. native, d. 29 Mar 1934, at daughter's home, Chuckatuck, age 79, 
interred in Western Branch Baptist Church Cemetery (Row 4, Plot 1*), 
   31 Mar 1934, 
donated obit, newspaper unknown 

*She shares a gravestone with daughter Annie J. DARDEN (1880-1917). 
   Western Branch list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/wernbr.txt 

Their gravestone shows Mittie E.  (Find a Grave Mem. #144518551) 

Her husband d. 6 Nov 1905, at home, near Western Branch Church, and was 
   buried in the family cemetery [site not known (Apr 2020) to the SCHS 
   Cemetery Project].  His obit ("Virginian-Pilot," Nov. 7, 1905, p. 6) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/d635r11o.txt 

Her parents are buried in the SIMONS family cemetery, on Simons Dr., 
   near Western Branch Baptist Church. 
   Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-59), 
   another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol1.txt 

Find a Grave also lists her father's first wife, his parents, 
   two sisters, and his brother John & first wife there. 

The SIMONS Family Bible, on display at Western Branch Baptist Church, 
   gives Elmedian Elizabeth; 
   transcript posted with Kinchen Simons.  (Find a Grave Mem. #195504652) 

Her m.rec. gives Media Ann.  (Ancestry.com "Virginia Marriages") 

The 1860 Census (Lower P'sh, Nan.Co.) gives Elmedia A.E. 

Her father's (donated, 1892) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/s552j1ob.txt 

Her grandson Mills E. GODWIN Jr. was twice Governor of VA (1966-70 & 1974-78). 
   He & his parents are buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk. 
   Cedar Hill list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_g.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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