Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Drake, Theodore R. Sr., 1987 

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THEODORE ROOSEVELT DRAKE

   SEDLEY - Theodore Roosevelt Drake Sr., 82, of Route 1, a retired farmer, 
died Nov. 21, in a hospital.

   Mr. Drake, a native and life-long resident of Southampton County, was a 
member of Sedley Baptist Church.

   Survivors include his wife, Iva Holland Drake; two daughters, Dorothy D. 
Burgess and Shara D. Kitchen, both of Sedley; a son, Theodore R. "Ted" 
Drake Jr. of Suffolk; a stepson, Wilbur Turner of Chesapeake; two sisters, 
Louise D. Sodan of Rocky Mount, N.C.  and Violet D. Major of Newport News; 
a brother, James C. Drake of Sedley; eight grandchildren; 12 step-
grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; 18 step-great-grandchildren; and 
one step-great-great-grandchild.

   The funeral was conducted Tuesday in Wright Funeral Home, Franklin, by 
the Revs. David Johnson, R.E. Brittle and Kenneth Williams.  Burial was in 
Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley.

   Memorial donations may be made to Sedley Baptist Church.


[Theodore Roosevelt DRAKE, Sr., retired farmer, 
 Southampton Co. native, d. 21 Nov 1987, age 82, 
 interred in Rosemont Cemetery*, Sedley, 24 Nov 1987, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 26, 1987, p. 9A] 

[*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
     Rosemont (S-22):
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/rosemont.txt]

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