This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Madden Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YeB.2ACI/535 Message Board Post: Laurens Advertiser Dec. 30, 1948 S. Leland Madden Passes After Long Illness ____ S. Leland Madden, 76, died at his home in the Narnie section early Tuesday morning after a long illness. Funernal services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Seawright Mortuary, conducted by Dr. Alva B. Langston and the Rev. L.K. Simpson. Serving as pallbearers were Ed Bramlett, J.W. Snipes, Olin Bolt, Ray Traynham, Herman Powers and Marion Adams. Deacons at Chestnut Ridge and Poplar Springs churches served as honorary escort.Interment was in the Poplar Springs cemetery near Ware Shoals. Mr. Madden was a son of John and Moriah Fuller Madden, pioneer families of Laurens county. He is survived by his wife, Mrs Carrie Knight Madden; two daughters, Mrs. Richard Maybin of Greenwood and Mrs. Clyde Gassaway of Honea Path; one brother, and four sister's, all of Little Rock, Ark.