Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Darden, Katherine L. Pretlow, 1936 

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KATHERINE LAWRENCE PRETLOW DARDEN

MRS. COLGATE W. DARDEN

   Mrs. Colgate W. Darden of Franklin died Tuesday night at the Hay-Ven 
Sanitarium, Mount Pocono, Penn., where she had been for about three weeks for 
a dietary course of treatment.  Mrs. Darden was before her marriage Miss 
Katherine Pretlow, daughter of the late Joshua Pretlow and Mrs. Ann Elizabeth 
Butler Pretlow, a family for many years prominent throughout this part of 
Virginia.  She was 66 years of age and was educated at the Winchester Female 
Seminary, an Episcopal school in Northern Virginia.  She was born at the 
Darden home on the Courtland-Franklin highway where she had spent all of her 
life with the exception of a few years residence in this town.

   In October, 1895, she was married to Colgate W. Darden, well-known Franklin 
citizen and banker, and besides her husband is survived by three children, 
Congressman Colgate W. Darden, Jr., representative from the Second Virginia 
District: Mrs. Harvey L. Linsay of Norfolk and Pretlow Darden of Norfolk; six 
grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. John D. Abbitt and Miss Mary Denson Pretlow 
of Norfolk and Mrs. William T. Woodley of Raleigh, besides a large family 
connection.

   Mrs. Darden was a lifelong and consistent communicant of Emmanuel Episcopal 
Church, taking a leading part in all activities of her church, and was one of 
the most interested members in the work of the local American Legion 
Auxiliary.  A woman of many outstanding traits of character, she numbered a 
host of friends, and was a friend indeed to all about her who were in need. 
During the past severe Winter when the relief problem was particularly acute 
in this section, she worked unceasingly and effectively to help in alleviating 
distress about her among the needy, going far beyond her strength in providing 
for the wants of many, individually and through the relief organizations of 
the town and community.

   The body was brought to Franklin from Mount Pocono Wednesday afternoon by 
members of her family who were with her there, and funeral rites were held 
from Emmanuel Church here yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock by the Rev. Norman 
E. Taylor, local minister-in-charge, and by Bishop A.C. Thomson of the Diocese 
of Southern Virginia.  Pallbearers were: Barclay Pretlow, G.G. McCann, J.F. 
Matthews, George Watkins, Thos. N. White, Jr., of Franklin, and William T. 
Woodley of Raleigh, John D. Abbitt, Jr. of Norfolk and A.C. Darden, Jr., of 
Fortress Monroe.


Katherine Lawrence (PRETLOW; Mrs. Colgate W. Sr.) DARDEN, 
b. "Beechwood," Southampton Co., d. 16 Jun 1936, Mount Pocono, PA, age 66, 
interred in "Jerico" Cemetery*, "Beechwood," 18 Jun 1936, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 19, 1936 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 3 (III-47): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol3.txt 

Additional information: 

Colgate Whitehead Darden, 28, s, Hertford Co., N.C., Franklin, Va., 
  s/o Alfred Moore and Mary Elizabeth "Bettie" Holly Darden, Purser(?) on Boat 
m. 10-01-1895 A.E. Pretlow’s residence by Rev. Charles E. Woodson 
Katherine "Kate" Lawrence Pretlow, 24, s, So.Co., So.Co., 
  d/o Joshua and Annie Elizabeth Butler Pretlow 
(Southampton Co. MB8:420; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb08pt.txt) 





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