Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Drake, Lennie L. Drake, 1958 

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LENNIE LOUISE DRAKE 

   Mrs. Lennie Louise Drake, 69, a well-known resident of the Newsoms 
community, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Morris Worrell, on 
Friday, April 25, after an illness of several months.

   She was the wife of James Franklin Drake and the daughter of the 
late Samuel and Carolyn Ferguson Drake of this county.  She was a 
member of the Barnes Methodist Church and of its Missionary Society 
and ladies Bible class.

   Surviving, besides her husband, are three daughters, Miss Louise 
Drake, Mrs. George Whitley and Mrs. Morris Worrell, all of Newsoms; 
three grandchildren, George R. Whitley, Jr., and Riddick and Jimmie 
Worrell, also of Newsoms; and one brother, A.W. Drake of Boykins.

   Services for Mrs. Drake were conducted at Barnes Methodist Church 
on Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock by Rev. C.F. Moseley of Norfolk, 
a former pastor, and Rev. O.L. Gochenour, present pastor of the church.

   Burial was in Newsoms Cemetery. Pallbearers were Earl W. Bryant, 
Julian L. Carter, Kemper Daughtrey, Marvin Porter, Ralph Porter, E.B. 
Prince, Jr., Fred D. Worrell and John Q. Worrell.


Lennie Louise (DRAKE; Mrs. James F.) DRAKE, of Newsoms, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 25 Apr 1958, at daughter's home, Newsoms, age 69, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 27 Apr 1958, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 1, 1958, Sect. I, p. 8 

*Her parents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-26&28): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Aug. 31, 1959, I-4) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d620j9ob.txt 

Her father's obit ("Tidewater News," May 5, 1922) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d620s1ob.txt 


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