Troup County GaArchives Obituaries.....Darden, R.J. November 28, 1924 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00010.html#0002476 November 19, 2011, 11:50 pm The Atlanta Constitution, November 29, 1924 The Atlanta Constitution Saturday, November 29, 1924 Page Twenty-One R.J. Darden Killed By Fast Train Hogansville, Ga., November 28 R.J. Darden, 63, superintendent of Trimble Brick Company here, was instantly killed when struck by Number 38, fast train of the Atlanta & West Point railroad, running north from New Orleans to Atlanta, this morning about 10 o'clock, at a crossing at the brick plant three miles north of Hogansville. He was struck by the engine and thrown 30 or 40 feet, and was dead when members of the train crew and others reached him. The accident was witnessed by several persons but none was close enough to earn Mr. Darden of the approaching train. The crossing is not obstructed. Mr. Darden was a prominent citizen of Hogansville and one of the most extensive farmers in Troup county. He was a Knight of Pythias and a member of the Baptist church. He is survived by his widow, three children, Miss Howard Darden, Hogansville; Mrs. Fay Mooney, Newnan and J.N. Darden, Hogansville; one sister, Mrs. C.D. Hayes, LaGrange, and six brothers, J.W. and H.B. Darden, Hogansville; H.W. Darden, Corinth; G.S. Darden, Newnan; P.H. Darden, Lovejoy and H.H. Darden, New Orleans. Funeral services will be held from the home Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. W.S. Adams, of Senoia conducting. Interment will be in Corinth cemetery near here. Additional Comments: Transcriber's note: I'm not related to or researching the Darden family. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb