Earnest Elmo Drake

1914 - 1994  (80 years)

• Name	Earnest Elmo Drake  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	3 Nov 1914	Arkansas, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1940	Owen, Saline, Arkansas, USA   [2]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
  Military Service	Abt 1942  [1]
  	US Army - WWII: PFC
  Census	1950	Mineral, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA   [3]
  	Relation to Head: Son; Marital Status: Never Married
  Death	20 Nov 1994  [1]
  Burial	Pinecrest Memorial Park and Garden Mausoleum, Alexander, Saline, Arkansas, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I13038	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Gooch Wade Drake,   b. 15 Oct 1874, Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, USA d. 4 Mar 1958, Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Katie Mae Bledsoe,   b. Abt 1884, Tennessee, USA
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	18 Feb 1906	Dyer County, Tennessee, USA   [4]
  Family ID	F9800	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Velma Hively,   b. 30 Jul 1916   d. 26 Apr 1987, Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F4620	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 3 Nov 1914 - Arkansas, USA Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son - 1940 - Owen, Saline, Arkansas, USA Census - Relation to Head: Son; Marital Status: Never Married - 1950 - Mineral, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S8756] Find a Grave: DRAKE Earnest E 1914-1994, Pfc Earnest Elmo Drake. "PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR II" [S9528] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Owen, Saline, Arkansas; Roll: T627_172; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 63-20. 1940 United States Federal Census Year: 1940; Census Place: Owen, Saline, Arkansas; Roll: T627_172; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 63-20 [S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Mineral, Pulaski, Ar. 1950 United States Federal Census United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Mineral, Pulaski, Ar [S104] Ancestry.com, Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2008;). Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002