Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Darden, Rochelle J., 1948 

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ROCHELLE JENNINGS DARDEN

   Rochelle J. Darden, 58 years old, World War I veteran of Franklin died this 
morning in the Veterans Hospital in Roanoke, after an illness of eight years. 
He was the son of the late Robert and Mary Jane* Gardner Darden, of Southampton 
County, and a member of Sycamore Baptist Church.

   Surviving him are two sisters, Miss Estelle Darden and Mrs. Ella Darden 
Johnson, of Norfolk.  The body was taken to Holland Funeral Home in Franklin, 
where funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 4 p.m. by the Rev. R.D. 
Stephenson.  Interment will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

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ROCHELLE JENNINGS DARDEN

   Rochelle J. Darden, a native of the Sycamore community and a World War I 
veteran, died Tuesday morning, August 17, at the Veterans Administration 
Hospital, Roanoke, at the age of 58, after an illness of eight years.

   He was a son of the late Robert and Mary Jane* Gardner Darden of 
Southampton County, and a member of Sycamore Baptist Church.

   Surviving him are two sisters, Mrs. Ella Darden Johnson and Miss Estelle 
Darden of Norfolk, and one nephew, Lloyd A. Darden of Franklin.

   Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at four o’clock at the 
Holland Funeral Home by Rev. R.D. Stephenson of Portsmouth, assisted by Rev. 
L.M. Kanipe, pastor of Sycamore Baptist Church.  Pallbearers were Hunter 
Darden, C.C. Vaughan, 3rd, George Watkins, Tyler Edwards, Vernard Cotton and 
Jack Wiggins.  Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.


Rochelle Jennings DARDEN, of Franklin, WW-I veteran, 
Sycamore native, d. 17 Aug 1948, Roanoke, age 58, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 207*), Franklin, 
   20 Aug 1948, 
donated obit, newspaper unknown; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 16, 1948, p. 4 

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

Additional information: 

*both obits gave mother's first name as Margaret, in error; corrected. 

His father's (donated) obit, with their marriage record appended, 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d635r5ob.txt 


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