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October 20, 1921 –  April 14, 2011  WHITESBORO-Graveside services for Florine Drake, 89, will be held at 10 A.M., Saturday, April 16, 2016 at Oakwood Cemetery in Whitesboro, Texas with Rev. John Reynolds officiating. Services are under the direction of Meador Funeral Home in Whitesboro. Mrs. Drake passed away on Thursday, April 14, 2011 in Sherman, Texas.
Florine was born on October 20, 1921 in Cisco, Texas to Jessie and Pauline (Spoon) Taylor. She graduated from Cisco High School and worked for Western Union in Lubbock, Texas. She married Earl Vernon Drake on June 18, 1943 in Lubbock, Texas. They lived in Kermit from 1943 until 1978 at Carter Foundation Oil Camp, moving to Whitesboro in January 1978 on Texoma Dr. for many years before going to Texoma Healthcare Center in Sherman.
Florine loved to sew, cook and quilt. she was very witty and loved to tell funny stories.
She is survived by a son: Dr. Roy Drake and wife Judy of Whitesboro; two granddaughters, Kimberly Anne Loy and husband Jeffrey of Hurst and Kelly Elizabeth Marshburn and husband Jason of Arlington.
Florine was preceded in death by her parents, Jessie & Pauline Taylor, 2 brothers, Homer Taylor and Barron Taylor; and husband, Earl Drake.
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