Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Darden, John W.H., 1974 

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JOHN W.H. DARDEN 

   John W.H. Darden, 96, died Sunday.  He was an active merchant and a former 
mortician of the Branchville community and a member of the Branchville Baptist 
Church.  He is survived by a son, John T. Darden of Branchville; a foster 
daughter, Mrs. Mary Ellen Simms of Capron; a sister, Mrs. Ann D. Coggin; eight 
grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.  A funeral service will be held 
Tuesday at 2 p.m. from the Branchville Baptist Church with burial in Poplar 
Spring Cemetery in Franklin.  Remains rest at the McDowell Funeral Home in 
Boykins.

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JOHN WILSON H. DARDEN

  BRANCHVILLE - A funeral service for John W. H. Darden, 96, was held Tuesday, 
March 5, in Branchville Baptist Church with the Rev. Chreston Hollomon 
officiating and assisted by Rev. Thomas Caulkins and Rev. Edmund Ellis.

  Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery with McDowell Funeral Home of Boykins 
in charge.

  Pallbearers were: Linton Grizzard, Lewis Jordan, Horace Edwards, J.Q. 
Bolton, Clay Beasley and B.C. Edwards.

  Darden, a mercantile merchant and funeral director and embalmer for the 67 
years died Sunday morning in Southampton Memorial Hospital.

  A native of Nansemond County he was a son of John Wilson and Mrs. Margaret 
Edney Darden and the husband of the late Mrs. Annie Tyler Darden.

  He was the oldest member and active deacon of the Branchville Baptist Church 
and operated Darden and Son store.

  Surviving are a son, John T. Darden of Branchville; a daughter Mrs. Mary 
Ellen Simms of Capron; one sister, Mrs. Ann D. Coggins of Jacksonville, Fla., 
eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren.


John Wilson H. DARDEN, of Branchville, merchant, former mortician, 
Nansemond Co. native, d. 3 Mar 1974, age 96, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 44B*), Franklin, 
   5 Mar 1974, 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Mar. 4, 1974, p. 35; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 14, 1974, p. 6A 

*His parents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

His father's obit ("Times-Dispatch," Nov. 29, 1908, p. 2) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/d635j12o.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Dec. 11, 1942, p. 4) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d635m7ob.txt 

His wife's obit ("Tidewater News," Aug. 20, 1953, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d635m6ob.txt 


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