Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Drake, Brady T. Sr., 1972 

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BRADY THOMAS DRAKE

   Word has received here Thursday of the death of Brady T. Drake of 6115 
Granby Street, Apt. A, Kingsley Lane, Norfolk, from a heart attack on 
Thanksgiving Day morning.

   Funeral arrangements as of Friday, Nov. 24 were pending due to arrival 
of a son, Dr. Robert Berkley Drake, from Guam.

   Mr. Drake is survived by his widow, Mabel Whitehead Drake and two sons, 
Brady T. Drake Jr. of Bayside, Norfolk and Dr. Drake of Guam.  He is also 
survived by the following sisters and brothers Mrs. Sam Bradshaw of Franklin; 
Mrs. Harry Soden of Rocky Mount, N.C., and Mrs. Wayland E. Major of Newport 
News; Theodore R. Drake of Franklin, Freddie F. Drake of Suffolk and James C. 
Drake of Sedley.

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BRADY THOMAS DRAKE

   NORFOLK - Funeral services for Brady Thomas Drake Sr. of 6115 Granby 
Street, Apt. A, Kingsley Lane, Norfolk, who died Thanksgiving morning of a 
heart attack, were held on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 26 at 3:30 p.m. at Holloman-
Brown Funeral Chapel, Tidewater Drive, Norfolk with interment in Forest Lawn 
Cemetery.

   Dr. Richard Prince, pastor of Christian Temple, officiated at the service.

   Drake was associated with Shulman and Company of Norfolk until his 
retirement in 1967.  He was a life deacon of the Christian Temple and was 
active in many organizations and clubs.

  He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mabel Whitehead Drake, and two sons, Brady 
T. Drake Jr. of Norfolk; Dr. Robert Berkley Drake of U.S. Air Force, in Guam; 
and 11 grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Sam Bradshaw of Franklin; Mrs. Harry 
Soden of Rocky Mount, N.C., and Mrs. Wayland Ellison Major of Newport News; 
three brothers, Theodore Drake of Franklin, Freddie F. Drake of Suffolk; and 
James C. Drake of Sedley.


Brady Thomas DRAKE, Sr., of Norfolk, retired from Shulman & Co., 
Southampton Co. native, d. 23 Nov 1972, age 75, 
interred in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, 26 Nov 1972, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 27, 1972, Sect. A, p. 6; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 30, 1972, Sect. A, p. 9 

*City of Norfolk VA USGenWeb Archives Forest Hill list gives the following: 
DRAKE JR, BRADY T	I39913 K, Block 2, Lot 22, Space SW	0	3/8/1995
... 
DRAKE SR, BRADY T	I39912 K, Block 2, Lot 22, Space SE	0	11/23/1972
... 
DRAKE, MABEL B	I39930 K, Block 2, Lot 22, Space NE	0	10/02/1976
... 
DRAKE, SHIRLEY I39933 K, Block 2, Lot 22, Space NW	0	11/20/1986
http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/cemeteries/forestlawn/flc09-der-drin.html 

His parents, George Thomas & Viola Holland (COUNCILL) DRAKE, 
   are buried in Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Rosemont list (S-20): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/rosemont.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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