Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Darden, Sarah R. Lankford, 1979 

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SARAH REBECCA LANKFORD DARDEN

   FRANKLIN - Mrs. Sallie Lankford Darden, 87, died Thursday night in 
Southampton Memorial Hospital.  She was a native of Southampton County 
and the widow of Hunter Darden.  She was a lifelong member of Smith Ferry 
Extension Homemakers Club.  Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Louise 
Vaughan and Mrs. Dorothy Cotton, and four sons, Hunter Darden, Jr., Harvey 
Darden, Thomas Irvin Darden, and Charles B. Darden, all of Franklin; 12 
grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.  A funeral will be held 
Sunday at 2 p.m. in her home by the Rev. William LaWall and Dr. Ira D. 
Hudgins.  Burial will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery with Wright Funeral Home, 
Franklin in charge.

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SALLIE LANKFORD DARDEN

   A funeral service for Mrs. Sallie Lankford Darden, 87, was held Sunday 
at 2 p.m. in her home by the Rev. William LaWall and Dr. Ira D. Hudgins. 
Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery with Wright Funeral Home in charge. 
Pallbearers were: her four sons and John L. Eley, Jr., Aubrey Lankford and 
Preston Cotton.  She died Thursday night in Southampton Memorial Hospital. 
A native of Southampton County, she was the widow of Hunter Darden.  She 
was a lifelong member of Sycamore Baptist Church and its woman’s missionary 
society and a member of Smith Ferry Extension homemakers club.  Survivors 
include two daughters: Mrs. Louise D. Vaughan and Mrs. Dorothy D. Cotton; 
and four sons, Hunter Darden, Jr., Harvey Darden, Thomas Irvin Darden, and 
Charles B. Darden all of Franklin; 12 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren, 
and a number of nieces and nephews.


Sarah Rebecca "Sallie" (LANKFORD; Mrs. Hunter {Sr.}) DARDEN, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 24 May 1979, Franklin, age 87, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Section B, Plot 84*), Franklin, 
donated obits, newspapers unknown 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
   Poplar Spring list:
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt 

Her husband's obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d635h2ob.txt 

Her parents are buried in Sycamore Baptist Church Cemetery - Row 3, Plot 25; 
   her in-laws are in adjacent Plot 24. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-36):
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 


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