Services for Joe David Darden, 62, of Lorenzo were held at 2:00 PM, Tuesday, September 2, 2003 at the Lorenzo Church of Christ with Rev. Brad Swygard officiating and Rev. Dennis Williams assisting.Masonic Graveside Rites were in Lorenzo Cemetery under direction of Adams Funeral Home of Lorenzo.
He died Sunday, August 31, 2003 at Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock. He was born August 6, 1941 in Wellington, Texas to Joe Ernest and Bill Bennett Darden. He married Carolyn Wallace on September 3, 1961 in Lorenzo.
He was a member of the Emma Church of Christ in Ralls and former member of the Lorenzo Church of Christ. He was a past master of the Lorenzo Masonic Lodge and present master of the Ralls Masonic Lodge and worked for the Department of Human Services. He moved to Lorenzo 25 years ago from Longview.
Survivors include his wife Carolyn of Lorenzo, a son, Joe Willard and his wife Tracy of St. Louis, Missouri, a daughter Jeannette Darden Swygard and her husband Brad of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, a sister Susan Butler and her husband Steve of Canyon, four grandchildren; Sarah, Joel David and John Swygard and Joe Adam Darden.
Pallbearers will be Larry Wallace, Dale Wallace, Steve Butler, John Alf Thomas, Jerry Robertson and Larry Wampler.
Crosby County News & Chronicle, Friday, Sept. 5, 2003, page 8
- Carolyn Darden
Services for Carolyn Darden, 67, of Lorenzo will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 22, 2011, at the First Baptist Church in Lorenzo with Associate Minister David Burton officiating. Burial will be in Lorenzo Cemetery under direction of Adams Funeral Home Lorenzo.
Carolyn passed away June 18, 2011, in Lubbock at Covenant Medical Center. She was born August 23, 1943, in Post to Harold and Johnnie Pearl (Lusk) Wallace. She married Joe David Darden on September 3, 1961, in Lorenzo. She was an active member of the Idalou Church of Christ, she dedicated over 20 years of serving food at Lorenzo High School and retired from Texas Tech University. She was a loving mother and grandmother who spent quality time with her family.
Carolyn was preceded in death by her father, Harold Wallace and her husband, Joe David Darden.
Survivors include her mother, Johnnie Pearl Wallace of Petersburg; one daughter and her husband, Jeanette and Brad Swygard of Bartlesville, OK, and a son and his wife, Joe and Tracee Darden of Lewisville, TX, two brothers and their wives, Larry and Judy Wallace, Dale and Linda Wallace both of Lorenzo, four grandchildren, Sarah, Joel and John Swygard, and Joe Adam Darden. Families suggest that memorials be made to: Children's Home of Lubbock, P.O. Box 2824 Lubbock, TX 79408.
Published Lubbock Avalanche Journal, June 21, 2011
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