Hertford County NcArchives Obituaries.....Drake, John Thomas 1935 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: William J. DelMonte JazzyBill@aol.com April 4, 2011, 7:20 pm The Tidewater News JOHN THOMAS DRAKE John Thomas Drake, age 65, died at his home near Como Sunday afternoon after a long illness. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ella R. Drake, three daughters, Mrs. Floyd Whitley and Miss Virginia Drake of Como, and Mrs. Tony Hedgepeth of Murfreesboro, N.C., two sons, Claude W. Drake of Como and Stanley T. Drake of Norfolk; three sisters, Mrs. Ida Briscoe of Oteen, N.C., Mrs. L.R. Butts of Tampa, Fla., and Mrs. Walter Slade of Ridgecrest, N.C., and a brother, Frank Spurgeon Drake, of Suffolk. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon conducted by Rev. Dempsey Robinson the active pallbearers being T.H. Barrett, W.H. Modlin, Julian Worrell, E.T. Stephenson, Benjamin Cullen, Wallace Sumner, Jake Howell and C.T. Whitley. Additional Comments: John Thomas DRAKE, d. 17 Nov 1935, at home, near Como, NC, age 65, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 22, 1935 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/hertford/obits/d/drake2148ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb