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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Dorothy Rowan Drake
Dorothy Rowan
Drake
May 7, 1923 – April 21, 2013
Dorothy Rowan Drake's Obituary
Dorothy Rowan Drake, 89, of Nashville died Sunday April 21, 2013 at her residence.
She was born May 7, 1923 in Berrien County to the late John Cornelius Rowan and the late Lena Belle Outlaw. She was a homemaker, volunteer for the Berrien Nursing Center and a member of the Nashville First Baptist Church. She was the widow of Robert G. Drake who died in 1988 and was also preceded in death by a brother: Donald Rowan; sister, Frances Griffin and a son-in-law, Johnny Dismuke. .
She is survived by 2 daughters: Gail Dismuke of Statesboro and Diana (Chuck) Moore of Nashville; son: John Robert Drake of Key West, FL; 2 sisters: Helen Rhodes of Tucker and Patricia Ford of Spartanburg, SC; 8 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday April 24, 2012 at 2 PM in the Nashville First Baptist Church with the Rev. Stanley Luke and the Rev. Billy Southerland officiating. Interment will follow in the Long Bridge Cemetery. Visitation is Tuesday from 6 to 8 PM.
She was born May 7, 1923 in Berrien County to the late John Cornelius Rowan and the late Lena Belle Outlaw. She was a homemaker, volunteer for the Berrien Nursing Center and a member of the Nashville First Baptist Church. She was the widow of Robert G. Drake who died in 1988 and was also preceded in death by a brother: Donald Rowan; sister, Frances Griffin and a son-in-law, Johnny Dismuke. .
She is survived by 2 daughters: Gail Dismuke of Statesboro and Diana (Chuck) Moore of Nashville; son: John Robert Drake of Key West, FL; 2 sisters: Helen Rhodes of Tucker and Patricia Ford of Spartanburg, SC; 8 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday April 24, 2012 at 2 PM in the Nashville First Baptist Church with the Rev. Stanley Luke and the Rev. Billy Southerland officiating. Interment will follow in the Long Bridge Cemetery. Visitation is Tuesday from 6 to 8 PM.
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