Southampton-Nansemond County-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries...... Darden, Margaret J. Edney, 1942 

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MARGARET JANE EDNEY DARDEN

   Mrs. Margaret Jane Darden, 85, died last Friday morning at her residence, 
1207 Colonial Avenue, Norfolk.  Mrs. Darden, a former resident of Franklin, 
had made her home in Norfolk for the past 25 years.

   Mrs. Darden is survived by four daughters, Mrs. T.A. Eure and Mrs. India 
Darden Harper, of Norfolk; Mrs. J.E. Coggin of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Rochelle 
Harrell of Norfolk; two sons, J.W.H. Darden of Branchville, and W.M. Darden of 
Norfolk; 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

   Funeral services were held at the residence Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock 
with the Rev. P. Rowland Wagner, pastor of Central Baptist Church, 
officiating. Miss Adele Barrett played several violin selections.

   Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin. The Rev. R.D. Stephenson, 
pastor of the Franklin Baptist Church, assisted by the Rev. J. Felix Arnold of 
Boykins, conducted the services at the grave.

   Pallbearers were her grandsons, Lloyd A. Darden, John Tyler Darden, Thomas 
Eure, Darden Harper, Shelly Harrell and Harry Sumerell.


Margaret Jane (EDNEY; Mrs. John W.) DARDEN, formerly of Holy Neck & Franklin, 
d. 5 Dec 1942, at home, Norfolk, age 85, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 44*), Franklin, 
   7 Dec 1942, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 11, 1942, p. 4 

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

Her husband's obit ("Times-Dispatch," Nov. 28, 1908, p. 2) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/d635j12o.txt 

She applied for a Confederate Widow's Pension in 1929.  It states that she was 
   married Nov 1874, Nansemond Co., by Robert Holland.  The site [Norfolk] and 
   cause of her husband's death are not legible, in the online images. 
   Library of Virginia Digital Collections: 
   http://www.virginiamemory.com/ 

Rev. Robert Howell HOLLAND d. 9 Nov 1908; his obit ("Times-Dispatch," 
   Nov. 10, 1908, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h453r3ob.txt 


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