Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Drake, Bettie Vick, 1961 

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BETTIE VICK DRAKE

   NEWSOMS - Mrs. Bettie Vick Drake, 79, of Newsoms died Friday at 7:30 p.m. 
in her home after illness of many months.

   She was the widow of John C. Drake and a daughter of Wesley and Mrs. Martha 
Jane Vick of Southampton County.

   She was a member of Newsoms Baptist Church.

   Surviving are seven sons, John Wesley Drake, Claude Drake, Linwood Drake, 
Spurgeon Drake, Genie Drake and Dock Drake of Newsoms and Tommy Drake of 
Franklin; two sisters, Mrs. Hay Vick and Mrs. Mattie Lassiter of Newsoms; two 
brothers, Eddie Vick of Newsoms and Gay Vick of Norfolk; 20 grandchildren and 
23 great-grandchildren.

   A funeral service was held in Newsoms Baptist Church Sunday at 3:30 p.m. by 
the Rev. E. Mallory Binn, pastor, and the Rev. L.F. Smith of Moyock, former 
pastor.  Burial was in Newsoms Cemetery.  The body was taken from Holland 
Funeral Home to the church at 1:30 p.m.

   Pallbearers were Randolph Drake, Claude Drake, Jr., Ray Drake, Linwood 
Drake, Jr., George Thomas Drake, George Drake, Elmo Drake and Joe Drake, all 
grandsons of the deceased.


Bettie (VICK; Mrs. John C.) DRAKE, 
d. 5 May 1961, at home, Newsoms, age 79, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 7 May 1961, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 8, 1961, p. 7 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
    Hollywood list (N-26):
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

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