Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Darden, Laurence E. Jr., 1967 

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LAURENCE ELY DARDEN, JR.

  Laurence Eley Darden Jr. a retired banker and Assistant Treasurer with the 
Morgan Guarantee Trust Co., N.Y., died in Lenox Hill Hospital, N.Y.

  He was a native of Greensboro, N.C. and the son of Laurence Ely and 
Elizabeth Watkins Darden Sr. of N.Y.

  He was a member of the Baptist faith.

  Besides his parents he is survived by a sister, Mrs. Arthur L. Barney of 
N.Y. and several nieces and nephews.

  The body will be sent to W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home where funeral 
services will be held Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. by the Rev. Ira D. Hudgins. 
Burial will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

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LAURENCE ELY DARDEN, JR.

   NEW YORK CITY - A funeral service for Laurence Ely Darden was conducted 
Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. in the chapel of W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home 
by Dr. Ira D. Hudgins, pastor of the Franklin Baptist Church.  Burial was in 
Poplar Spring Cemetery.  The body was sent from Frank E. Campbell Funeral 
Home, to W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home, Tuesday.

   Pallbearers were W.T. Pace Jr., George H. Parker Jr., John D. Abbitt, Dr. 
Carl Hellberg, Carlton Cutchins, Vaughan Beale, and Tall Jones.

  Darden, 70, retired assistant treasurer of Morgan Guaranty Trust Company, 
died in Lennox Hill hospital last Friday after a brief illness.

   A native of Greensboro, N.C., he made his home in New York since early 
childhood.

   He was the son of the late Laurence Ely and Mrs. Elizabeth Watkins Darden 
of New York City.  His mother was a native of Franklin.  He was a member of 
the Baptist Church in New York City.

   Surviving is one sister, Mrs. Arthur L. Barney, of New York City and 
several nieces and nephews.


Laurence Ely DARDEN, Jr., of New York, retired businessman, 
Greensboro, NC native, d. 8 Sep 1967, Lennox Hill, NYC, age 70, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 49*), Franklin, 
   13 Sep 1967, 
"The Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Sep. 10, 1967, p. 2; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 18, 1967, p. 5 

*His parents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Apr. 29, 1938) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d635e4ob.txt 


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