Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Drake, John T., 1935 

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JOHN THOMAS DRAKE

   John Thomas Drake, age 65, died at his home near Como Sunday afternoon after 
a long illness.

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ella R. Drake, three daughters, Mrs. Floyd 
Whitley and Miss Virginia Drake of Como, and Mrs. Tony Hedgepeth of 
Murfreesboro, N.C., two sons, Claude W. Drake of Como and Stanley T. Drake of 
Norfolk; three sisters, Mrs. Ida Briscoe of Oteen, N.C., Mrs. L.R. Butts of 
Tampa, Fla., and Mrs. Walter Slade of Ridgecrest, N.C., and a brother, Frank 
Spurgeon Drake, of Suffolk.

   Funeral services were held Monday afternoon conducted by Rev. Dempsey 
Robinson the active pallbearers being T.H. Barrett, W.H. Modlin, Julian Worrell, 
E.T. Stephenson, Benjamin Cullen, Wallace Sumner, Jake Howell and C.T. Whitley.


John Thomas DRAKE, retired farmer, 
VA native, d. 17 Nov 1935, at home, near Como, Hertford Co., NC, age 65, 
interred 18 Nov 1935, near Como, NC, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 22, 1935 

Additional information from N.C. Death Certificate, #188. 

He was the son of John C. & Roberta (COBB) DRAKE. 

His widow's N.C. Death Certificate, #34859, states she was buried in 
   Riverside Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Hertford Co., NC. 


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