Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Darden, L. Hester Newsome, 2000 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ LAURA HESTER NEWSOME TAYLOR DARDEN FRANKLIN - Laura Hester Taylor Darden died Nov. 20, 2000. Hester was a native of Tarboro, N.C., daughter of Robert Lee Newsome and Lina Parker Newsome. She was predeceased by her husbands, James Clayton Taylor and James D. Darden. She was a member of Newsoms United Methodist Church. She is survived by a daughter, Frances Dianne Pacrnich of Antioch, Ill.; a son, Vernon C. Taylor and his wife Glenn of Franklin; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. A funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Holland-Rideout Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Burial will be private. Memorial donations may be made to Newsoms United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 235, Newsoms, VA 23874. Laura Hester (NEWSOME TAYLOR; Mrs. James D.) DARDEN, b. 27 Jul 1915, Tarboro, Edgecombe Co., NC, d. 20 Nov 2000, listed in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, "Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Nov. 21, 2000 *Added with her third husband. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Hollywood list (N-22): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt The BVS Death Index & his "Daily Press" obit (Sep. 29, 1997) both give James David, but should read James Digges - his mother's maiden name. Her first husband is buried in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin - Annex 2, Plot 234. SCHS Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt Her parents are buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Tarboro, NC. Lina's full name was Carolina Jacqueline. 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/southampton/obits/d635h6ob.txt