Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Darden, William W., 1967 

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WILLIAM WRIGHT DARDEN

   HOLLAND - A funeral service for William Wright Darden is scheduled for 
Thursday at 4 p.m. in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin, by the Rev. Carl C. 
Dollar of Holland Christian Church, and the Rev. St. Elmo Nauman of Franklin 
Congregational Christian Church.

   The family will be at the home of Mrs. J.A. Nicholas of 408 N. High Street, 
Franklin.  W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home has charge.

   Pallbearers will be R. Wilkerson Holland, G.W. Hanna, Dr. T.W. Culp, Sumner 
Rawls, Clyde G. Johnson, Dr. L.L. Miller, F.F. Powell and Dr. Darden W. Jones.

   Darden, 83, former Holland mayor and a retired executive of Darden Oil Co., 
Franklin, died early Tuesday in Southampton Memorial Hospital after a long 
illness.

   He was the husband of Mrs. Mildred Cutchin Darden and a son of Mills Thomas 
and Mrs. Ella Rawls Darden of Nansemond County.

   He was a member of Holland Christian Church.  He was a town councilman 38 
years and a charter member of Holland Ruritan Club.

   Besides his widow, surviving are a daughter, Mrs. J.A. Nicholas of 
Franklin; two grandchildren; two great grandchildren; and a nephew.


William Wright DARDEN, businessman, former Holland town councilman & mayor, 
d. 13 Jun 1967, Franklin, age 83, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 95*), Franklin, 
   15 Jun 1967, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 15, 1966, p. 6 

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


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