Carrsville – Sarah Kathryn Robertson Rose Drake, 75, died August 15, 2008. She was born in Isle of Wight County, a daughter of the late Rossie Lee and Emily Bessie Hines Robertson and was the widow of Vernon Winston Rose and Dock Vick Drake. Mrs. Drake was also predeceased by a brother, Robert Curtis Robertson and a sister-in-law, Lucille Robertson.. She was a former senior regent and chaplain of the Women of the Moose, Suffolk Chapter 1315; former president of the Carrsville and Windsor Elementary School PTAs; and past president of the Windsor High School Band Boosters. Mrs. Drake was an Avon representative for 30 years and was a former choir member and a former Sunday School teacher of Colosse Baptist Church.
Left to cherish her memory is her son, Alan Wayne Rose and wife, Angie; her two grandsons, Micheal Vernon Rose and Gabriel Robert Rose; one brother, R. L. "Robbie" Robertson, Jr. and wife, Joanne of Windsor; two sisters-in-law, Marlene Mason, and Betty R. Butler and husband, Roy; step-children, Jerry Drake and wife, Linda, Hank Drake and wife, Jo Tee, Freddie Drake, Steve Drake, Mary Ann Taylor and husband, Gerald, Betty Lou Cobb and husband, James; numerous step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; and two special friends, Mattie Bradshaw and Elizabeth Britt.
The funeral will be conducted at 2 pm Sunday at Wright Funeral Home, Franklin, with the Rev. Tim Webb officiating. Internment will follow in Southampton Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Saturday from 7 to 8:30 pm at the funeral home and other times at Kathryn's residence. Memorials may be made to Colosse Baptist Church Building Fund, 6361 Rhodes Drive, Windsor, Va. 23487, or Windsor Volunteer Rescue Squad, P. O. Box 483, Windsor, Va. 23487, or Women of the Moose Chapter 1315, Turlington Road, Suffolk, Va. 23434, to be sent to the Children's Home in Chicago, Ill. www.wrightfuneralhome.org