Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Drake, Lula Elma Gray, 1938 

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LULA ELMA GRAY DRAKE

   Mrs. Lula Elma Drake, age 72 years, wife of W.F. Drake, well-known resident 
of the Newsoms community, died at her home Tuesday afternoon after an illness 
of seven years.  She was the daughter of the late Ben and Mrs. Martha Barrett 
Drake* of Southampton County.  Besides her husband she is survived by three 
daughters; Mrs. J.L. Drake and Mrs. P.G. Ferguson of Newsoms and Mrs. Willie 
M. Story of Murfreesboro; four sons, J.F. Drake and Irving and Guy Drake of 
Newsoms and Leroy R. Drake of Portsmouth.

   Funeral services were held at the grave in the family cemetery near Newsoms 
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 by Rev. C.F. Moseley.  Active pallbearers were 
Jimmie Drake, Linwood Drake, R.E. Vick, George Hill, Jesse Story, Luther Gray.


Lula Elma* (GRAY; Mrs. Walter F.) DRAKE, 
b. 1 Dec 1865, Southampton Co., d. 25 Jan 1938, at home, Newsoms, 
interred in the family cemetery*, near Newsoms, 26 Jan 1938, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 28, 1938 

*Additional information: 

Her maiden name should read "Gray." 
   Lula Elma was the daughter of Benjamin James GRAY and Martha N. BARRETT. 
   (Joe H. Drake, citing Carl Thorpe; Joe continues,) 
   1870 census shows Lula as the daughter and in the household of Ben Gray. 

Her middle name appears variously Ema/Elma/Elmer. 

D.Cert. 2463 (Newsoms #1) 

Cemetery site not known (May 2023) to the Southampton County Historical 
   Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project. 

Her husband (11 Apr 1865 - 16 May 1939) is also buried there. 

The family appears in the 1920 Census - Newsoms Dist., Southampton Co. - 
   on the Sands-Statesville Rd.  (General Farm #66) 

Southampton Co. Marriage Book 5 (1882-86), p. 548, gives: 
   Walter F. {Franklin} Drake, 21, single, Farmer, b. & res. Southampton, 
      son of Jno. H. & Martha Drake, 
   Lula E. Gray, 20, single, b. & res. Southampton, 
      daughter of B.J. & Martha R. Gray, 
   m. 16 Feb 1886, Southampton (no minister's return given); White; 
   m.license 15 Feb 1886 (clerk J.B. Prince). 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
William J. DelMonte (JazzyBill@aol.com) 
& Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 
Additional information by Joe H. Drake. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d620l3ob.txt