Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Drake, Lorenzo R., 1970 

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LORENZO ROY DRAKE 

   SEDLEY - A funeral service for Lorenzo Roy Drake was conducted Monday at 
2:30 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home, Franklin, by the Rev. Charles 
Smith. Burial was in Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley.

   Pallbearers were Bernard Smith, Rainey Hundley, H.H. Chappell, Otis Drake, 
Marvin Whitley, E.B. Gayle and Neddie Wills.

   Drake, 69, died Saturday morning in his home.

   A native of Southampton County he was a son of George Thomas and Mrs. Viola 
Council Drake and the husband of Mrs. Lona Turner Drake.

   He was a member of Franklin Congregational Christian Church and a retired 
farmer.

   Besides his wife, he is survived by four daughters, Mrs. E.D. Forrest Jr. of 
Chesapeake, Mrs. Ralph A. Godwin Jr. of Smithfield, Mrs. Myron C. Barnes of La 
Puente, Calif. and Miss Barbara Drake of Sedley; three sons, Franklin W. Drake 
of Columbus, Ohio, Army Staff Sgt. Billy L. Drake of Bedford Air Force Base, 
and Roy Carl Drake of Sedley; three sisters, Mrs. Samuel Bradshaw of Franklin, 
Mrs. Harry Sodden of Rocky Mount, N.C., and Mrs. Wayland Major of Newport News; 
five brothers, Grady Drake of Norfolk, George O. Drake of Arlington, Theodore 
R. Drake of Franklin, Freddie Drake of Suffolk and James C. Drake of Sedley; 
and nine grandchildren.


Lorenzo Roy DRAKE, retired farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 5 Sep 1970, at home, age 69, 
interred in Rosemont Cemetery*, Sedley, 7 Sep 1970, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 10, 1970 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Rosemont list (S-21): 
    http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/rosemont.txt 


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