Franklin – Pearl Drewry Darden, 89, widow of Harvey Darden, Sr., passed away Saturday, October 27, 2018 with her family by her side.  Born in Sedley, she was a daughter of the late Clinton McKinley Drewry, Sr and Harriet Joyner Drewry.  Pearl was also predeceased by two sisters Mary D. Lankford and Lois D. Edwards and a brother C. M. Drewry, Jr.  She was a 1946 graduate of Courtland High School, a retired nurse from Southampton Memorial Hospital Skilled Care Unit, and a member of Sycamore Baptist Church.  Pearl served as a Girl Scout and Boy Scout Leader and was very involved in her children's school and extracurricular activities.

Left to cherish her memory are two daughters Peggy D. Rush (Reggie) and Pam D. Worrell (Kenneth); a son Harvey Darden, Jr. (Carole); sisters Eunice Blythe and Rose Whitehead; a brother Elliott Drewry; four grandchildren Ryan Darden (Leslie), Holly D. Francis (Vernie), Lane Padgett (Katie), and Kendall Worrell; eight great grandchildren William and Elias Darden, Bryn, Berkley, Blair and Briggs Francis, and Monroe and Graham Padgett; and many nieces and nephews.

A Graveside Service will be held at 11 AM Tuesday, October 30, 2018 in Poplar Spring Cemetery with Rev. David Roberts and Rev. Matthew Johnson officiating.   The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 PM Monday in Wright Funeral Home, Franklin, and requests that in lieu of flowers, memorial donations be made to Sycamore Baptist Church Library Fund.  www.wrightfuneralhome.org