UPSON COUNTY, GA - OBITS Joe Wilborn Drake Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Lisa Graham LisaGraham32@aol.com Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/upson.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Thomaston Times- Wednesday, February 26, 2003 JOE WILBORN DRAKE Funeral services for Mr. Joe Wilborn Drake, 78 of South Main Street will be held Thursday, Feb. 27, 2003, 2 p.m. in the Chapel of Coggins Funeral Home with Rev. Ed Rigby and Rev. Guy Green officiating. Burial will follow in Crystal Hill Cemetery. Mr. Drake died Monday, Feb. 24, 2003 at his residence. Coggins Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Drake was born in Newton County, Ga. but lived in Thomaston for many years. He was retired from Thomaston Mills where he worked for 29 years as a frame technician. Mr. Drake was a member of Thomaston Church of God. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Margie Franklin Drake of Thomaston; Sons, Mr. Freddie (Sue) Drake of Milledgeville and Kenneth Drake of Alpharetta; Sister, Mrs. Damie Waller of Thomaston, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Joe Drake was born the only son of Sam Houston and Nannie Ingram Drake. Lisagraham32@aol.com "Rest in Peace"