Southampton County-Richmond City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Darden, Susan R. Digges, 1975 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ SUSAN RANDOLPH DIGGES DARDEN Mrs. Susan Digges Darden of Newsoms, Va. died Saturday, November 1, 1975 in Southampton Memorial Hospital, Franklin, Va. A native of Richmond, she was the widow of Richard Newitt Darden, Sr, and a daughter of the last Isaac W. and Mrs. Elizabeth Watlington Digges. Her affiliations include membership in the Southampton County School Board; she was a past-president of the Newsoms Women’s Club, a past vice president of the Virginia Federation of Women’s Clubs; a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution; the Garden Club of Virginia, and the Newsoms United Methodist Church. Surviving are three sons, Richard N. Darden, Jr. of Newsoms, James D. Darden of Boykins and Randolph D. Darden of Richmond; one sister, Mrs. Bettie Ives of Clarksville, Md.; two brothers, Reid W. Digges of Jacksonville, Fla. and Dudley H. Digges of La Jolla, Calif.; 11 grandchilden; 6 great-grandchildren. Funeral service will be conducted at the graveside in the Newsoms Cemetery Monday at 2 P.M. with the Rev. Harry Bunch, pastor of Newsoms United Methodist Church, officiating. McDowell Funeral Home in Boykins in charge of funeral arrangements. Susan Randolph (DIGGES; Mrs Richard N.) DARDEN, of Newsoms, Richmond native, d. 1 Nov 1975, Franklin, age 82, interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 3 Nov 1975, "The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Mon., Nov. 3, 1975, p. 24 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Hollywood list (N-23): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt Her parents are buried in Sunny Slope Cemetery, West Point, VA. (Find a Grave Mem. #66477032 & 66477033) Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 7, 1944, p. 1) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d635r10o.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/d635s4ob.txt