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Submitted: 1/19/21 • Approved: 1/20/21 • Last Updated: 1/23/21 • R379952-G0-S3
Texas
CORPORAL Army Air Forces
World War II
April 27, 1920 - August 29, 1970
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Funeral services for Carl McKinley Drake, 51, are at 2 p.m. Tuesday at First Southern Baptist Church, Fritch, with the Former pastor, the Rev. F.W. Elmore of Tulia Calvary Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial in Westlawn Memorial Park will be conducted by Simpson Funeral Home.
Casketbearers are E.P. Hensley, L.L. Adkins, W.W. Middleton, R.V. Wilson, Richard Perry and J.T. Draper.
Drake was victim of a one-car accident that occurred Saturday afternoon on the Sanford Road to Lake Meredith.
He is survived by his wife, three daughters, his parents, a sister, and five grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News Herald, August 31, 1970)
Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Name: Carl Mckinley Drake
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Birth Year: abt 1920
Residence: Chester, Crawford, Arkansas
Spouse's Name: Ola Mae Marston
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 18
Spouse's Residence: Fort Smith, Crawford, Arkansas
Marriage Date: 3 Jun 1939
Marriage License Date: 3 Jun 1939
Marriage County: Crawford
Event Type: Marriage
FHL Film Number: 2132788
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Carl Mckinley Drake
Birth Date: 27 Apr 1920
Birth Place: Chester, Arkansas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Fritch, Hutchinson, Texas
Father: Francis Drake
Mother: Claudia Simmons
Age at Death: 50
Death Date: 29 Aug 1970
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
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