Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Darden, Nancy R., 1958 

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NANCY ROSE DARDEN 

   NEWSOMS - Nancy Rose Darden, 6, died Monday morning at Roanoke-Chowan 
Hospital in Ahoskie, N.C.

   She was the daughter of J. Ashley and Jane Edwards Darden.  Besides her 
parents she is survived by a sister, Carolyn Jane Darden, and a brother, J. 
Ashley Darden, Jr. of Newsoms; her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Roger 
D. Edwards of Courtland, and her parental grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H.J. 
Darden Sr., of Newsoms.

   Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at Barnes Methodist 
Church by the Rev. O.L. Gochenour, pastor; the Rev. R.E. Brittle, pastor of 
the Bethlehem Christian Church, and the Rev. Roy Everett of Richmond.  Burial 
was in Newsoms Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were Maxey Floyd, Tommy Butler, George Thorpe and Joe Everett.

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NANCY ROSE DARDEN 

STATESVILLE COMMUNITY PAYS TRIBUTE TO MEMORY OF LITTLE NANCY DARDEN 

By Mrs. Betty Darden 

   STATESVILLE - The Statesville Community was saddened recently by the death 
of six-year old Nancy Rose Darden, little daughter of J. Ashley and Jane 
Edwards Darden.

   Nancy was not a strong child due to a defective digestive tract.  When 
she was four years old, her parents took her to a specialist in a Norfolk 
hospital.  After undergoing many tests and examinations, they discovered she 
had no pancreas.  They sent her home with several new drugs and medicines.

   Last winter Nancy was healthier than she had ever been.  They thought 
there might be some hope for her.

   In September, Nancy was to have entered the first grade at Newsoms 
Elementary School.  Nancy’s doctor, Dr. McLean, advised her parents not to 
enter her but they got her first-grade books.  She was so proud of them.  Her 
mother taught her each day.  Nancy had an unusually bright mind.

   In October, Nancy caught cold which developed into pneumonia.  After a trip 
to the doctor every day for a week, Dr. McLean decided she’d better go to the 
hospital.  She was put in an oxygen tent for several days and it helped for a 
while.  They let Nancy come home on Nov. 1, and she stayed nearly a week, but 
continually got worse.

   On Friday night, Nov. 7, they took her back to the Ahoskie hospital, where 
she stayed until her death early Monday morning, November 10.

   Her funeral was at Barnes Methodist Church, where she had attended Sunday 
school.  She was laid to rest in the Newsoms cemetery.  Her grave was covered 
with many beautiful flowers in the shape of pillows, hearts, crosses, baskets 
and wreaths.

   We thank God for the life of such a sweet little girl.


Nancy Rose DARDEN, daughter of J. Ashley & M. Jane (EDWARDS) DARDEN, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 10 Nov 1958, Ahoskie, NC, age 6, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 11 Nov 1958, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 13, 1958, Sect. I, p. 5; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 20, 1958, Sect. I, p. 6 

*Her mother is also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-22&23): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 


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