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Obituary
McGee Cemetery, Garvin County, Oklahoma
Submitted by: Sherry

© Shawnee News Star
Shawnee, Oklahoma
April 5, 2001

Claude Burl Drake

Claude Burl Drake, Shawnee, died Tuesday in a local hospital at the age of 85.

He was born Feb. 25, 1916, in Arkansas, the son of Lucas Leander and Minnie Ethel [Best] Drake. Drake and Marie Inez Bailey were married Dec. 12, 1941, in Stratford.

A retired Tinker Air Force Base machinist, Drake moved from Oklahoma City to Shawnee 14 years ago. Drake owned and operated a filling station for a number of years.

Preceding him in death were his wife, parents, two brothers and a sister.

Survivors include his daughter and son-in-law, Joyce and Paul Willis of Shawnee; two stepdaughters, Loritta Stanley of Okmulgee and Hazel Pruitt of Muskogee; a son, Royce Drake of Madill; and two brothers, Leo Drake of Oklahoma City and Billie Drake of Moore. He also is survived by 12 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Gaskill-Owens Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Ronnie Drake and the Rev. Tommy Drake officiating. Burial will be in McGee Cemetery.

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