VINITA, Sept. 7—Services for Clarence Everett Drake, 60, a
Craig county deputy sheriff who died Monday in a local
hospital, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Luginbuel Brothers
Funeral home chapel.
Drake, born in Westville, Okla., had lived in and near
Vinita for 45 years.
He formerly farmed near Vinita and worked here as a city
employe. He had served on the Vinita police force and the
county sheriff’s staff 10 years.
Survivors include: his wife, Betty; three sons, Larry, of
the home; Dennis and Billy, both of Hominy; three daughters,
Shirley, of the home; Mrs. Doris McIntosh and Mrs. Betty
McIntosh, both of Tulsa; four sisters, Mrs. Dick Blackburn,
Claremore; Mrs. Fannie Moore, Chandler; Mrs. Dorothy
Glassock, St. Louis, and Mrs. Betty Busey, Sparta, N.J.; one
brother, John Drake, Shermen, Texas; and one granddaughter.
From
The Oklahoma, 9/8/1955
Donated by:
Emily Jordan
