Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Drake, Hugh D., 1967 

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HUGH DARROW DRAKE 

   BOYKINS - A funeral service for Hugh Darrow Drake was conducted Saturday 
at 2 p.m. in the Boykins Baptist church by the Rev. Ben B. Ussery.  Burial 
was in Beechwood cemetery, Boykins, with McDowell Funeral Home in charge.

   Pallbearers were Bobby Lewis, Randolph Lassiter, James Carter, Raleigh 
Drake, Carlton Drake, Neil Bolton, Homer Dunlow and Curry Smith.

   Drake Sr., 54, died Thursday in McGuire Veterans Hospital, Richmond, 
after a long illness.

   A native of Southampton County, he was the husband of Mrs. Adrian Bolton 
Drake and a son of Mrs. Nonie Smith Drake and the late Herbert L. Drake.

   He was a welder.  An Army veteran of World War II, he was in a prisoner 
of war camp in Germany.  He was a member of Boykins Baptist Church and 
American Legion Post 276.

   Besides his widow and mother, surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Martha Ann 
DeBerry of Capron; two sons, Herbert D. Drake of Portsmouth and Hugh Darrow 
Drake Jr. of Boykins; two brothers, Roger W. Drake and Roy Lee Drake of 
Franklin; and three grandchildren.


Hugh Darrow DRAKE, welder, Army veteran of WW-II, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 26 Oct 1967, Richmond, age 54, 
interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 76*), Boykins, 28 Oct 1967, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 2, 1967, p. 5 

*His parents are buried in Annex 2, Plot 75. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Beechwood list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," May 5, 1939) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d620h2ob.txt 

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

His widow's obit appeared in "The Virginian-Pilot" Dec. 20, 1997 (B-5). 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d620h4ob.txt