Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Darden, May A. Tyler, 1953 

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MAE A. TYLER DARDEN

TEMPERANCE WORKER SUCCUMBS IN OBICI HOSPITAL

   The cause of temperance in Southampton County suffered an irreparable loss 
on Saturday morning, August 15, in the death in Obici Hospital, Suffolk, of 
Mrs. Mae Tyler Darden of Branchville after an illness of two weeks.

   Mrs. Darden, 67, had been president of the Southampton County W.C.T.U. for 
several years, and had been an enthusiastic worker for temperance since coming 
to Branchville in 1915 as the bride of John W.H. Darden.

   Mrs. Darden was the daughter of the late James and Alice Stephenson Tyler 
of Northampton County, N.C., and a sister of the late Leon O. Tyler of 
Branchville, former president of the Southampton County Welfare Board.  She 
was a member of the Branchville Baptist Church and its choir; and for years 
she taught in the Sunday school.  She was prominent also in music circles, 
being a talented pianist.

   In addition to her husband she is survived by a son, John Tyler Darden of 
Branchville; a daughter, Mrs. Grant Simms of Courtland; four grandchildren; 
and two sisters, Mrs. R.A. Bridgers of Severn, N.C., and Mrs. Norman G. 
Harrell of Norfolk.

   Funeral services for Mrs. Darden were conducted at the residence in 
Branchville on Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock by Rev. N.B. Habel, pastor of 
the Branchville Baptist Church, Rev. Marshall W. Anderson, pastor of the 
Branchville Methodist Church, and Dr. F. Orion Mixon of Murfreesboro, N.C., 
president of Chowan College.  Mrs. H.M. Purviance sang "Will the Circle Be 
Unbroken?" and she and Mrs. Earl W. Bryant sang "Leave It There," with Mrs. 
Bryant the accompanist.  Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin.

   Pallbearers were A.D. Beville, Alvin Bridgers, Linwood Bridgers, C.P. 
Davis, Henry T. Harrell, Charles Sexton, and Edward and Howard Tyler.


May* A. (TYLER; Mrs. John W.H.) DARDEN, of Branchville, 
temperance leader- President, Southampton Co. W.C.T.U., 
Northampton Co., NC native, d. 15 Aug 1953, Suffolk, age 67, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 44B*), Franklin, 
   17 Aug 1953, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 20, 1953, p. 1 

*The cemetery list spells her first name May. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Mar. 4, 1974, p. 35) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d635j9ob.txt 

They lost an infant daughter in Oct 1920.  An abstract of the death 
   certificate is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/deaths/d635i1dc.txt 


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