Southampton County-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Drake, Clara Speight, 1946 

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CLARA SPEIGHT DRAKE

MRS. EMMETT F. DRAKE DIES EARLY THURSDAY

   Mrs. Clara Speight Drake, 73 years of age, wife of Emmett F. Drake of 
Sunbeam, died at her home there early Thursday morning after an illness of 
several years.  She was the daughter of the late Dr. James A. Speight and 
Mrs. Betty Williams Speight of Norfolk.  She was a member of Sunbeam Baptist 
Church, a most useful person in her church life, and of its missionary 
organizations, until her health failed.

   Besides her husband, she is survived by one son, Linwood C. Drake of 
Sunbeam and two daughters, Mrs. Lloyd C. Bryant of Sunbeam and Mrs. LeRoy T. 
Alexander of Sandston; eight grandchildren, Franklin Bryant, Tunstall, 
Linwood, Edwin, Barbara Alexander, Mrs. E.M. Morris, Walter Franklin and 
Linwood C. Drake, Jr., two great-grandchildren; a nephew, Bryan Peele, and 
one niece, Mrs. Jesse Keel.

   Funeral services will be held this (Friday) afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from 
the Sunbeam Baptist Church, conducted by Rev. W.C. Hughes, assisted by a 
former Sunbeam pastor, Rev. C.P. Cleveland, and Rev. R.D. Stephenson.  Burial 
will be made in the family plot in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin.

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   Thursday, December 5, the spirit of Mrs. Clara Speight Drake took its 
flight to her eternal home after many years of illness.

   A native of Berkley, Va., her parents were Rev. J.A. and Mrs. Bettie 
Williams Speight.  She was a graduate of Ryland Institute in Berkley.  In 
April 1896 she married Mr. Drake and came to the house at Sunbeam where she 
spent the rest of her life.

   She made a wonderful mother for the three children, Jennie Sue Drake 
Bryant, Linwood Crumpler Drake of Sunbeam and Mrs. Elsie Drake Alexander of 
Sandston, Va.; eight grandchildren, Franklin Bryant, L.C. Jr., and Walter 
Franklin Drake, Tunstall, Linwood, Edwin and Barbara Alexander and Frances 
Alexander; a nephew, Bryan Peele, a niece, Mrs. Ida Peele Reel.

   Mrs. Drake was much beloved in her community, being a useful and capable 
friend and neighbor ever much concerned about the comfort of others, her 
motto being "Others Lord, Yes, Others, and None of Self for Me."

   Being reared by pious parents, she was most at home in Christian work, 
being one of the founders of the Sunbeam Baptist Church.  She gave without 
stint of her time and talent to all organizations of that body as long as 
health permitted.  It was fitting that the last rites were held there on 
Friday afternoon by her pastor, Rev. W.C. Hughes, assisted by Rev. R.D. 
Stephenson of Franklin and Rev. C.P. Cleveland  of Lynchburg.

   The choir with Mrs. J.T. Bryant at the piano sang "Shall We Gather At the 
River."  Mr. Cleveland sang "No Night There."  Mr. Cleveland and Mrs. Bryant 
sang "Beyond the Sunset."

   The pallbearers were the six grandsons, the honorary bearers were friends 
of the family.  The casket was covered with a pall of ascension lilies, white 
carnations, ferns and rosebuds.  There were many other lovely floral pieces 
and a large gathering of relatives and friends who came to pay the last 
tribute of respect to one who so richly deserved every flower given and every 
word spoken.

   Interment was in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin.


Clara (SPEIGHT; Mrs. Emmett F.) DRAKE, 
Berkley native, d. 5 Dec 1946, at home, Sunbeam, age 73, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 55*), Franklin, 
   27 Dec 1946, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 6, 1946, p. 1 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 13, 1946, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society, Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

Additional information: 

Her husband (1866-1950) 1m. Maude F. CRUMPLER (1863-1895) {MB6:268}. 


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