Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Darden, Laura V. Cross, 1934 

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LAURA VIRGINIA CROSS DARDEN

FRANKLIN, VIRGINIA  - MARCH 23, 1934

   Mrs. Laura V. Darden, 73, died at her home near Franklin this morning after 
an illness of several months.  She was the widow of Thomas A. Darden, of 
Southampton, and is survived by two daughters, Mrs. I.Q. Wiggins and Mrs. 
Vernard Cotton; three sons, Joseph T., Hunter and Theon A. Darden, all of 
Franklin, and one brother, Eddie Cross, of Southampton.  Funeral services will 
be conducted Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Sycamore Baptist Church by the 
Rev. Gordon L. Price, a former pastor of the deceased.  Active pallbearers 
will be the three sons, two sons-in-law and Jack and Joe Wiggins.  Burial will 
be at Sycamore Churchyard.

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   Mrs. Laura Virginia Darden, age 74, of the Sycamore community, died at 
her home Friday, March 23, 1934, after a brief illness from influenza. 
She suffered an attack of angina on Thanksgiving Day and had never fully 
recovered.  Mrs. Darden had lived her entire life in this immediate community 
and was known and loved by all who knew her.  She seemed to have an especial 
appeal to young people, her life being characterized by simplicity, 
gentleness, and living kindness to everybody.  She was a real neighbor, 
faithful and devoted wife and mother, counting no sacrifice to great for her 
family.  She loved flowers and experienced a peculiar pleasure in growing them 
to share with others.  For more than 50 years Mrs. Darden was a member of 
Sycamore Baptist Church and was an active member of the Woman’s Missionary 
Society.  Funeral services were conducted from the church Sunday afternoon by 
a former Pastor, Rev. Gordan L. Price of Roanoke Rapids, assisted by Rev. R.D. 
Stephenson of Franklin, interment following in the family plot in the church 
cemetery.  Mrs. Darden was the wife of the late Thomas A. Darden, who died 13 
years ago, and is survived by five children; Mrs. I.Q. Wiggins, Mrs. Vernard 
Cotton, Joseph T., Hunter and Theon A. Darden, all of Franklin; a brother 
Eddie Cross, and 14 grandchildren.


Laura Virginia (CROSS; Mrs. Thomas A.) DARDEN, of the Sycamore community, 
d. 23 Mar 1934, at home, near Franklin, age 74, 
interred in Sycamore Baptist Church Cemetery (Row 3, Plot 24*), 25 Mar 1934, 
donated obits, newspapers unknown 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-36):
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 


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