Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Drake, Lorena E. Bryant, 1974 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ LORENE BRYANT DRAKE A funeral service for Mrs. Lorena Bryant Drake, 48, of 808 Walnut Street, was held Thursday in McDowell Funeral Home, Boykins by the Rev. Harry Bunch. Burial was in the Newsoms Cemetery. A native of Southampton County, she was a member of Newsoms United Methodist Church. She was the daughter of the late Jesse Julian and Sadie Rountree Bryant. Pallbearers were: K.D. Walton, Norman Porter, W.A. Cooke, Charles Bunn, K. Braxton Bunn and James C. Vick. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Patricia D. Johnson of Zuni; and a son, Raymond E. Drake, of Newsoms; a sister, Mrs. Louise Porter of Newsoms and five grandchildren. Lorena Ella (BRYANT; Mrs. Raymond E.) DRAKE, of Franklin, Southampton Co. native, d. 4 Jun 1974, Franklin, age 48, interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 6 Jun 1974, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 10, 1974, p. 7 *Her parents are also buried there. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Hollywood list (N-10&27): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Mar. 6, 1980, p. 22) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d620r1ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d620l7ob.txt