| 1. | Polly Joan Harrell was born on 28 Aug 1932 in Mitchell County, , , North Carolina; died on 29 Jun 2021 in Washington County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Monte Vista Memorial Park, , Washington County, Tennessee. Notes:
JOHNSON CITY - Joan Darden, 88, Johnson City, died Tuesday, June 29, 2021, at Franklin Woods Community Hospital, following a short illness.
She was born Polly Joan Harrell, on August 28, 1932, in Bulladean, NC, the 4th child of Iss and Frances Street Harrell.
Joan graduated from Science Hill High School and attended East Tennessee State University. She worked many years for Randolph Anderson at Anderson Realty. In 1973, she joined her husband Tommy in opening and operating Darden’s Clothiers, which sold finer menswear and women’s clothing. Joan loved prom season and fashion shows. She was an active member of Munsey Memorial Methodist Church and the Virgil Anderson Sunday School Class.
In addition to her parents, Joan was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas “Tommy” Malcolm Darden Sr.in 2017, brother, Henry Harrell, sisters, Florence Elrod, and Ethel Foister.
Joan is survived by her son, Dr. Thomas M. Darden Jr. and wife Carla Jones Darden of Albany, GA; grandchildren, Grace Darden, Patrick (Becca) Miller, Cole Miller, Alec Miller; sisters, Mary Lee Smith, Lena (Romley) Wallace; brothers, Bill (Jackie) Harrell, Bobby (Alice) Harrell; many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews on the Darden and Harrell sides of the family.
The funeral service will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 1, 2021 at Munsey Memorial United Methodist Church, 201 S. Roan St. Johnson City, with The Reverend Michael Lester and The Reverend Douglas Grove-DeJarnett, officiating. Interment will follow in Monte Vista Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be Patrick Miller, Cole Miller, Alec Miller, Bill Darden, Steve Darden and Dwight Harrell. Honorary pallbearers will be Bobby Harrell, Bill Harrell, Major General Gary L. Harrell US Army (retired), Harold Dean Foister, Bob Ross.
Polly married Thomas Malcolm Daeden about 1951 in Washington County, , , Tennessee. Thomas was born on 28 Apr 1930 in Washington County, , , Tennessee; died on 26 Aug 2017 in Washington County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Monte Vista Memorial Park, , Washington County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1932 - 2021 (88 years)