Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Drake, Herbert L., 1939 

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HERBERT LEE DRAKE

   Herbert Lee Drake of Boykins died suddenly at the home of Richard Ricks 
Tuesday afternoon at about 2:05 o’clock. Mr. Drake had taken a peanut buyer 
over to his barn to look at his peanuts. After leaving the barn he was taken 
suddenly ill and was carried to the nearest home, that of Mr. Ricks, his death 
occurring a few minutes afterwards.

   Mr. Drake was the son of the late Sam and Caroline Drake of Boykins community 
and was in his fifty-third year. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nonie Smith 
Drake; three sons, Hugh, Roy Lee and Roger; two brothers, Luther and Abe Drake, 
all of Boykins; one sister Mrs. Jim Drake of Newsoms, and a number of nieces and 
nephews.

   Funeral services were conducted from his home Wednesday afternoon at 3 
o’clock by Rev. F.B. Handley of Boykins Baptist Church. During the services 
special music was furnished by the choir of the Baptist Church. The active 
pallbearers were: W.F. McKinstry, T.H. Porter, J.P. Johnson, Herbert Britt, F.R. 
Stephens, R.E. Ferguson, W.H. Powell and W.E. Spiers, interment being made in 
Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins. Honorary pallbearers were members of the Boykins 
High School Senior Class, of which the deceased’s son, Roy Lee, is a member.

   Mr. Drake was a faithful member of the Boykins Baptist Church, of the Baracca 
Class of that Church and a regular attendant at Sunday school. He was a kind 
husband and father and honest in his dealings with his fellowmen.


Herbert Lee DRAKE, Boykins farmer, d. 2 May 1939, age 53, 
interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 75*), Boykins, 3 May 1939, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 5, 1939 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Beechwood list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Mar. 5, 1987, p. 7A) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d620n1ob.txt 

His parents are buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Newsoms. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Hollywood list (N-28): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 


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