Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Drake, Samuel, 1922 

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SAMUEL DRAKE

  Sam Drake of Boykins community died at the age of 63* last Sunday night, 
April 30, after a brief illness.  Funeral services were held at the home, 
Rev. J.P. Essex assisted by Rev. C.H. Kidd officiating.  The interment 
took place in the Newsoms cemetery, with a large crowd of friends and 
relatives present.  He is survived by a wife, Mrs. Caroline Drake, three 
sons, Luther, Abner and Herbert Drake and one daughter, Mrs. Lennie Drake, 
all of Boykins community.


Samuel DRAKE, of Boykins, 
b. 28 Apr 1852, near Sands, d. 30 Apr 1922*, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 5, 1922 

*Additional information: 

His gravestone also gives d. 30 Apr. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-28): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 

His D.Cert. 12155 (Boykins #13) gives b. near Sands, d. 1 May, at 1 a.m., 
   age about 70. 

Birthdate from gravestone.  (Find a Grave Mem. #60181268) 

His parents & paternal grandparents are buried in a 
   BARNES family cemetery, on Sands Rd. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 6 (VI-38): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol6.txt 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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