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DATE: Thursday, January 12, 1995             TAG: 9501120323
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   28 lines

BETSY L. DRAKE

Betsy Lee Drake, 74, of the 4700 block of Bart St., a retired loan processor, died Jan.10, 1995, in Portsmouth.

Mrs. Drake was born in Greer, S.C., and was a Protestant. She was retired from Mutual Federal Savings & Loan (Cenit Bank) after 15 years, and was a member of Beazley Senior Citizens Center.

Survivors include a daughter, Jackie D. Robertson and son-in-law, Ronnie Robertson of Suffolk; three brothers, John W. Harrington of Elmhurst, Ill., James A. Harrington of San Diego, Calif., W. Eugene ``Beanie'' Harrington of Jacksonville, Fla.; two grandchildren, Larry S. Robertson of Norfolk and Deborah R. Cochrane of Chesapeake; and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a brother, L. Burt Harrington.

A graveside service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday in Oak Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, by the Rev. Donald H. Seely. The family will be at Snellings Funeral Home, Churchland Chapel, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today and at other times at 5621 River Bluff Drive, Suffolk.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB