Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Drake, Nonie V. Smith, 1987 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ NONIE SMITH DRAKE FRANKLIN - Nonie Smith Drake, 99, died Feb. 28, in a nursing home. Mrs. Drake, a Southampton County native, was a member of Boykins Baptist Church and the widow of Herbert L. Drake. She is survived by a son, Roger W. Drake of Franklin; seven grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. The funeral was conducted Monday in McDowell Funeral Home, Boykins, by the Revs. Ira D. Hudgins and Philip Motley. Burial was in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins. Nonie V. (SMITH; Mrs. Herbert L.) DRAKE, Southampton Co. native, d. 28 Feb 1987, age 99, interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 75*), Boykins, 2 Mar 1987, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 5, 1987, p. 7A *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Beechwood list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," May 5, 1939) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/d620h2ob.txt Her parents are buried in the SMITH-DRAKE family cemetery, Burnt Reed Rd. SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 6 (VI-27): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol6.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/d620n1ob.txt