Mrs. Mary Anna Drew Darden Bryant, age 100, of Branchville, Virginia, peacefully slipped in to eternal slumber on the morning of Wednesday, May 16, 2018, while in the serenity of her home.
Mary was born, on Friday, July 13, 1917, in Southampton County, Virginia; to the union of the late David Drew and Rosa B. Barrett.
​Survivors include: eight children, Lonnie Darden (Martha) of Jamaica, New York, Ernestine Darden Henderson (James) of Brooklyn, New York, Eddie Frank Darden and Joan Darden Whitehead both of Branchville, Virginia, Azalia Darden of Brooklyn, New York, Michael Darden (Bernita) of Boykins, Virginia, Ruby Bottoms Wright (Jack) of Neptune, New Jersey and James Britchard of Asbury Park, New Jersey; twenty-seven grandchildren; forty-eight great-grandchildren; twenty-four great, great-grandchildren; two brothers-in-law, Walter Deloatch of Seaboard, North Carolina and Lawrence Collins of Elmira, New York; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
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