Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Darden, Thomas A., 1921 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ THOMAS AMBROSE DARDEN Mr. T.A. Darden died at his home in the Sycamore community Wednesday morning, April 27, aged 69 years, following a long and painful illness from internal cancer. He was a kind and helpful neighbor, a useful citizen in his community and a faithful member of Sycamore Baptist Church. The patience and Christian fortitude with which he born his intense suffering was truly remarkable and gave every indication of a mind resigned to the will of the Heavenly Father. He is survived by his widow and six children four sons, Joe Darden of Richmond, Redelle Darden of Florida, Hunter and Theon Darden on Franklin; two daughters, Mrs. I.Q. Wiggins and Miss Annie Laurie Darden of Franklin; three brothers, Robert and Rufus Darden of Franklin and Richard Darden of Portsmouth; two sisters, Mrs. W.M. Cobb and Mrs. Josephine Vaughan of Franklin, besides a wide circle of relatives and friends. Funeral services were conducted from Sycamore Church Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock by Rev. E. Norfleet Gardner, assisted by Reverends L.F. Paulette, M.A. Maclean and C.H. Rowland. The interment was made in the cemetery of the church, the active pallbearers being his four sons, Joe, Redelle, Hunter and Theon; son-in-law, I.Q. Wiggins, and nephew Eddie Vaughan. The honorary pallbearers were a number of friends of the deceased of the town and community, a large concourse of people assembling to pay the last tribute of respect to their friend and neighbor. Thomas Ambrose DARDEN, d. 27 Apr 1921, at home, Sycamore, age 69, interred in Sycamore Baptist Church Cemetery (Row 3, Plot 24*), 28 Apr 1921, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 29, 1921, p. 1 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-36): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt His widow's (donated, 1934) obits are posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d635l4ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Joan Brinkley & Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d635t1ob.txt