Katie Mae Drake

Mrs. Katie Mae Drake, 82, of Danville, Illinois formerly of Carroll County, Tennessee died Sunday, June 22, 2014. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 26, 2014, at Little Grove Baptist Church in Lavinia, Tennessee with Rev. Darrin Smith officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon on Saturday at the church. Katie Mae Drake, daughter of the late Alvin and Daisy Newbill Drake was born November 14, 1931, in Atwood, Tennessee. Katie was the youngest of nine siblings. She was preceded in death by Wardell Drake, Weardell Drake, Louise Strayhorn, James Drake, Claudine Drake, Bennie Lee Drake and Maudiner Smith. She professed hope in Christ at a very early age and was a member of Little Grove Missionary Baptist Church and later moved her membership to a church in Galesburg, Illinois. Katie was educated in Little Grove schools. As many others did from her generation, she worked the land in Tennessee, and later worked at the ATT radio factory in Milan. In Galesburg, Illinois she worked as a production technician in the factories there. Katie Mae was the mother of one daughter, Annie Fay Drake, born March 12, 1947, who preceded her in death in April of 1958. Katie married Colbert Huff, September 3, 1971 in Carroll County, Tennessee. Colbert passed in 1991. Katie was a happy fun loving person who left a lasting impression with everyone she met. She never met a stranger and loved spending time with family and making people laugh. She leaves to cherish her memory; her older sister, Ophelia Buckley who was her caregiver until her health declined as well as family caregivers Jewell and Charles Exum and Rev. Darrin and YaVonnda Smith and as a host of nieces and nephews who will hold her memory dear to their hearts. Katie will also be missed by her step-children, the children of Colbert, all of whom held a special place in her heart. Rawls Funeral Home – Paris 731-642-1515