Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Darden, Elizabeth Watkins, 1938 

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ELIZABETH WATKINS DARDEN

   Mrs. Elizabeth Watkins Darden, a former resident of Franklin and widow of 
the late Lawrence* E. Darden of New York, died suddenly Tuesday night at her 
home there.  Mrs. Darden was the daughter of the late D.J.* and Rebecca Moore 
Watkins of Franklin and a sister of the late Major R.E.L. Watkins, 
Commonwealth’s Attorney for Southampton County for a number of years.

   Surviving her are a daughter, Miss Elizabeth Watkins Darden, and a son, 
Lawrence E. Darden, Jr. both of New York; two sisters, Mrs. Robert E. Darden 
of Franklin and Mrs. James DeWitt Kase of Raleigh, and a brother, George 
Watkins, of Franklin, besides several nieces and nephews.

   Services were conducted this (Friday) morning at 11 o’clock at Emmanuel 
Episcopal Church here by the Rev. J. Sutherland-Watt of Norfolk and the Rev. 
R.D. Stephenson of Franklin, interment being in Poplar Spring Cemetery here. 
Pallbearers were S.W. Rawls, John C. Parker, Jr., C.C. Vaughan, III, R.I. 
Beale, P.R. Camp, J. Edgar Weede and Colgate W. Darden, Jr. and Harvey 
Lindsay of Norfolk.


Elizabeth "Lizzie" (WATKINS; Mrs. L. Eley {Sr.}) DARDEN, formerly of Franklin, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 26 Apr 1938, at home, New York, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 49**), Franklin, 
   29 Apr 1938, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 29, 1938, p. 5 

**Cemetery list has husband's & son's name spelled Laurence. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

Additional information: 

L. Eley Darden, 28, s, N.C., Greensboro, N.C., 
   s/o George T. and Missouri Eley Darden 
m. 11-03-1892 Franklin, VA by Rev. J.L. McCutcheon 
Lizzie H. Watkins, 25, s, So.Co., Franklin, VA, 
   d/o Darden J. and Rebecca Moore Watkins 
(MB7:489; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb07pt.txt) 

Laurence Jr.'s obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 18, 1967, p. 5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d635l6ob.txt 

*Her father's middle initial varies in the records.  See notes, including 
   her parents' marriage records, appended to the obit ("Tidewater News," 
   Oct. 29, 1943, p. 5) of her sister Pattie (WATKINS; Mrs. Robert E.) DARDEN, 
   who married Eley's brother.  File at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d635p3ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
William J. DelMonte (JazzyBill@aol.com) 
& Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d635e4ob.txt