Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Darden, William H. Jr., 1958 

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With Highway Dept. 37 Years 

William Darden Jr. Dies Unexpectedly At Home

  William Herbert Darden, Jr., right-of-way engineer of the Suffolk District 
of the Virginia Department of Highways, died unexpectedly Monday at 4:15 a.m. 
at his home, 511 Riverview Drive.  He was 57 years old. 

  Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 11 a.m. at St. Paul's 
Episcopal Church by the Rev. Walter H. Whichard, rector.  Burial will be in 
Cedar Hill Cemetery.  The family has requested that flowers be omitted. 

  Mr. Darden has been affiliated with the Highway Department for the past 37 
years. 

  He was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, where he was a former 
Vestryman, former superintendent to the church school, and was a member of 
the Masonic Lodge No. 340.  He was a son of the late Mrs. Janet Withers Darden 
of Suffolk. 

  He was active in Boy Scout work for many years and a former member of the 
executive board of the Old Dominion Area of the Boy Scouts of America, and 
was a holder of the Silver Beaver Award. 

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary English Darden of the home, a 
daughter, Mrs. James J. Harrison Jr., of Ithaca, N.Y.; a son, William Herbert 
Darden, of the home; his father, William Herbert Darden of Suffolk; a sister, 
Mrs. E.H. Pierce of Alexandria; two brothers, A. Taylor Darden of Suffolk and 
Robert Withers Darden of Cedartown, Ga., and several nieces and nephews. 

[photo, captioned:] 
W. Herbert Darden, Jr. 

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Darden Funeral Set For Wednesday At St. Paul's 

  Funeral services for William Herbert Darden Jr. will be conducted Wednesday 
at 11 a.m. at St. Paul's Episcopal Church by the Rev. Walter H. Whichard, 
rector.  Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

  Mr. Darden has been affiliated with the Highway Department for the past 37 
years. 

  He was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, where he was a former 
Vestryman, former superintendent to the church school, and was a member of the 
Masonic Lodge No. 340.  He was a son of the late Mrs. Janet Withers Darden of 
Suffolk. 

  He was active in Boy Scout work for many years and a former member of the 
executive board of the Old Dominion Area of the Boy Scouts of America, and was 
a holder of the Silver Beaver Award. 

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary English Darden of the home; a 
daughter, Mrs. James J. Harrison Jr., of Ithaca, N.Y.; a son, Wiliam Herbert 
Darden, of the home; his father, William Herbert Darden of Suffolk; a sister, 
Mrs. E.H. Pierce of Alexandria; two brothers, A. Taylor Darden of Suffolk and 
Robert Withers Darden of Cedartown, Ga., and several nieces and nephews. 


William Herbert DARDEN, Jr., Highway Dept. right-of-way engineer, 
b. 26 Dec 1900, Suffolk, d. 19 May 1958, at home, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block T, Lot 8*), Suffolk, 21 May 1958, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 36, No. 118, Mon., May 19, 1958, p. 3; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 36, No. 119, Tues., May 20, 1958, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

His parents are also buried there.  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 Carol - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #54793155, which gives in the grocery business, 
   which should refer to his father. 

D.Cert. 12823 (Suffolk #34) 

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

His mother's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," Feb. 26 & 27, 1945, and donated) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/d635j4ob.txt 


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