Southampton-Greensville County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Drake, Lila Neblett, 1981 

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LILA NEBLETT DRAKE

   FRANKLIN - Funeral services for Lila Neblett Drake, 87, were held Sunday in 
Wright Funeral Home by the Revs. Kenneth Williams and Harry W. Bunch.  Burial 
was in Poplar Spring cemetery.

   Pallbearers were: Benjamin J. Bryant, Marvin Worrell Jr., James Dunlow, 
Foushee Railey, C.M. Floyd, Jr. and Walter Bishop Sr.

   Drake died Friday in Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie, N.C.

   She was a native of Greensville County and the widow of Lynwood Crumpler 
Draker.  She was a graduate of Blackstone Female Institute and taught in 
Southampton county schools for 12 years.

   She was also an accomplished musician and was church organist for Sunbeam 
Baptist Church, of which she was a member.  She also taught at Sunday School 
and was president of the Women’s Missionary society for 33 years.

   Survivors include two sons, Walter Franklin Drake of Franklin, and Lynwood 
Crumpler Drake, Jr. of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; six grandchildren; two great-
grandchildren.


Lila (NEBLETT; Mrs. Lynwood C. {Sr.}*) DRAKE, 
former Southampton Co. teacher, and musician,  
Greensville Co. native, d. 16 Jan 1981, Ahoskie, NC, age 87, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 32*), Franklin, 18 Jan 1981, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 22, 1981 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Virginian-Pilot," Jan. 10, 1957) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d620l2ob.txt 


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