Darius E. Northup

Darius E. Northup was a 53-year-old man from Gallipolis Ferry, West Virginia, who died in the Silver Bridge collapse. His body was recovered on Dec. 17, 1967.

Obituaries Given For Bridge Victims
Point Pleasant Register (Point Pleasant, WV) - Published Monday, Dec. 18, 1967; pg. 3

Darius E. Northup, 53, of Gallipolis Ferry, another victim of the collapse, was recovered from the river Sunday evening.

A former employee of the State Road Commission in Mason County, he was born March 23, 1914, at Gallipolis Gerry, a son of the late Thomas and Mary Canterberry Northup. He was a member of the Pleasant Ridge Christian Church of Christ at Gallipolis Ferry.

Survivors include a son, Dwane Northup, and a daughter, Mrs. Patricia Ann Darst, both of Troy, O.; two brothers, Deryl of West Columbia and Shannon of Gallipolis Ferry and Mrs. Marie Fowler of Pt. Pleasant; and two grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at the Jordan Baptist Church at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in the Wyoma Cemetery, also at Gallipolis Ferry.

Friends may call at the Mohr-Stevens Funeral Home after 4 p.m. today.

Victims of the Bridge
Daily Tribune (Gallipolis, OH) - Published Monday, Dec. 18, 1967

PT. PLEASANT - Darius E. Northup, 53, Gallipolis Ferry, was a victim of the Silver Bridge collapse Friday evening. His body was recovered from the Ohio River Sunday.

He was born at Gallipolis Ferry on March 23, 1914, the son of the late Thomas and Mary Canterbury Northup. He was an employee of the State Road Commission and a member of the Pleasant Ridge Christian Church.

Surviving are one son, Dwayne Northup, Troy, Ohio; one daughter, Patricia Ann Durst, Troy, Ohio; two brothers, Deryl Northup, West Columbia and Shannon Northup, Gallipolis Ferry; two sisters, Mrs. Nellie Roberts, Gallipolis Ferry and Mrs. Marie Fowler, Pt. Pleasant; and two grandchildren.