Estelle Drake

Estelle Carolyn Nail Drake, 92, died Thursday, the 25th of March at her home in Glennville, Georgia after a long illness. She was a native of Tattnall County, Georgia, born February 4, 1918, the daughter of James Benjamin Nail and Zera Godbee. She attended what was then Georgia Teachers College in Statesboro and graduated in 1943 with a Bachelor of Education degree. She did post graduate work in South Carolina and in Athens, Georgia and taught at Yeomans School near Collins, Georgia, as well as schools in Atlanta and Langley, South Carolina.
On September 25, 1946, she married Charles Hinton Drake, also of Tattnall County. She was a committed Christian and had a deep and abiding faith in God. She was a devoted wife and mother for whom family always came first.
She was predeceased by her husband of 63 years, Dr. Charles H. Drake. She is survived by two children, Charles Edward Drake and Carol Louise Drake, both of Savannah, daughter-in-law, Rita Chabot Drake, and grandchild, Vivienne Rita Drake.
She was predeceased by her only sibling, Geneva Nail Scott, formerly of Reidsville, and survived by one niece Shirley Scott McCorkle, her husband, Earl McCorkle, their children, Eve McCorkle Seawright and Van Scott McCorkle, and grandchildren.