Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Darden, Robert R., 1928 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ ROBERT REDELLE DARDEN Robert Redelle Darden, formerly of Franklin, died at his home, 1718 Market Street, Jacksonville, Fla., March 11, 1928. His death was caused by pneumonia after an illness of only four days, this being the third attack of pneumonia he had suffered. He was born August 10, 1890, and was the son of the late Thomas Darden and Mrs. Laura Darden who survives him. On August 25, 1914, he was married to Miss Maggie Sue Harcum. For three years he was employed by the Purity Ice Cream Co. in Petersburg after which he went to Jacksonville, Fla., where he held a responsible position with the Southern Dairies Corporation for eight years. He was a devoted son, husband and father. Funeral services were conducted from his mother’s home near Franklin by his Pastor, Rev. Kenneth E. Burke, and the body was interred in the family section at Sycamore Baptist Church cemetery. The body bearers were Charlie, Bennie and Rochelle Darden, Leroy Harcum, Alfred Cobb, E.L. Vaughan and Guy Cross. Mr. Darden is survived by his widow; one son William Robert; one daughter, Doris Marion; his mother, Mrs. Laura Darden; two sisters, Mrs. I.Q. Wiggins and Mrs. Vernard Cotton; three brothers, Hunter and Theon Darden of Franklin and J.T. Darden of Richmond. [Robert Redelle DARDEN, formerly of Franklin & Petersburg, in dairy business, b. 10 Aug 1890, d. 11 Mar 1928, at home, Jacksonville, FL, interred in Sycamore Baptist Church Cemetery (Row 3, Plot 24*), "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 23, 1928] [*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-36): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt] Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d635r3ob.txt