Mrs. Carden had been in her usual good health and had uttered no complaint prior to her death.  

The funeral was held Monday at 2:30 at Hall-Wynne Funeral Home in Durham.  The Rev. James Auman, pastor of Stem Methodist Church, conducted the service.  Interment was in the new section of Maplewood Cemetery, Durham.  Brothers of Mrs. Carden were the active pallbearers.

Born at Stem, Mrs. Carden attended the schools of this county and had resided all her life in Granville and Durham counties.  She was a member of Tally Ho Baptist Church.  

Surviving are her husband, two daughters, Miss Fannie Carden of Durham, Mrs. John Lowe of Washington, D.C.; a son, Philip Carden of East Canton, Ohio; her mother, Mrs. Etta Moore of Stem; five brothers, Otho Moore of Norfolk, Melvin Moore of Stem, Marvin Moore of Portsmouth, Ivy Moore of Syracuse, N. Y.; and Irby Moore of Norfolk; four sisters, Mrs. C. H. Cullinan of Washington, D.C.; and Miss Grace Moore of Berlin, Germany.

All members of the family arrived during the week-end for the funeral rites, with the exception of Miss Grace Moore, who advised her family in a telephone conversation on Sunday that she would not be able to reach home for the service.