Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Drake, John W., 1967 

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JOHN WESLEY DRAKE

   NEWSOMS - A funeral service for John Wesley Drake was conducted Sunday at 2 
p.m. in Newsoms Baptist Church by the Rev. Allen C. Lawrence.  Burial was in 
Newsoms Cemetery with McDowell Funeral Home of Boykins in charge.

   Pallbearers were Lona Francis, James Porter, Aubrey Story, Edward O’Berry, 
Linwood Pope, Julian Carter, Ralph Porter and Russell Drake.

   The Men’s Bible Class of Newsoms Baptist Church served as honorary 
pallbearers.

   Drake, 65, died Thursday in a Norfolk hospital.

   A native of Southampton County, he was a son of John C. and Mrs. Bettie 
Vick Drake and the husband of Mrs. Nannie Gray Drake.

   He was a member and 25 year deacon of Newsoms Baptist Church and a member 
of the Woodmen of the World.

   Besides his wife, he is survived by a son, James Randolph Drake Sr. of 
Franklin; six brothers, Claud Drake Sr., Linwood Drake Sr., Spurgeon Drake, 
Genie Drake and Tommie Drake of Newsoms, and Dock V. Drake of Windsor; and 
three grandchildren.


John Wesley DRAKE, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 13 Apr 1967, Norfolk, age 65, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 16 Apr 1967, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 20, 1966, p. 8 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
    Hollywood list (N-26): 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 


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