Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Drake, Gabie E. Beale, 1959 

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GABIE ESTELLE BEALE DRAKE 

MRS. GABIE B. DRAKE 

   Mrs. Gabie Beale Drake, 54, died Tuesday morning in Raiford Memorial 
Hospital.

   A daughter of Willie and Effie Turner Beale, she was a lifelong resident 
of Black Creek community, Southampton County, and a member of Black Creek 
Baptist Church.

   She is survived by her husband, Olin D. Drake; a sister, Mrs. C.E. Womble 
of Franklin, nieces and nephews.

   Services were held in Holland and Sons Funeral Home Thursday at 2 p.m. by 
the Rev. Len B. Allen of Black Creek Church.  Burial was in the family 
cemetery near Sedley.

   Pallbearers were J.A. Surace, William Bradshaw, George H. Hedgepeth, J.S. 
Harcum, Robert Gray and Elisha Joyner.


Gabie Estelle (BEALE; Mrs. Olin D.) DRAKE, 
lifelong resident of Black Creek, d. 3 Nov 1959, Franklin, age 54, 
interred in the BEALE family cemetery*, Drake Rd., near Sedley, 5 Nov 1959, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 5, 1959, Sect. I, p. 8 

*Her parents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 7 (VII-21): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol7.txt 

Her father's obit ("Tidewater News," May 29, 1942, p. 5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b400w15o.txt 

Her mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 15, 1935) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b400e4ob.txt 

Her husband is buried in Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Rosemont list: 
   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. 

file at: 
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