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Visitation:
9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Friday, November 4, 2022, at
the Lincoln United Methodist Church
Service:
11 a.m. Friday at the church
Funeral home:
Quiram Peasley Funeral Home,
Atlanta
Obituary
Merida L. Drake, 98, of Lincoln,
formerly of Beason, passed away on Friday, October
28, 2022, at The Christian Village in Lincoln.
Funeral Services for Mrs. Drake will be on Friday,
November 4, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. at the Lincoln
United Methodist Church. Rev. Tami
Werschey-Kessinger and Mr. Ryan Edgecombe will
officiate. Burial will follow at the Harmony
Cemetery in rural Beason.
Visitation will be at the church prior to the
funeral services from 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Merida Lorene Bivin was born March 7, 1924, in
Girard, Illinois, the daughter of Lowell L. and
Joyce V. Walden Bivin. She was united in marriage to
David L. Drake on Nov. 6, 1943. They were married
for over 60 years, until his death on Oct. 2, 2004.
She is survived by four children: Warren (Geraldine)
Drake, Harold (Nancy) Drake, Martha (John) Bunzey,
and Laura (Marc) Enger; eight grandchildren: Sheryl
Drake, Robert (Amber) Drake, Doug Drake, Erin (Rahul)
Prakash, Michael (Diane) Enger, David “Sig” (Laura)
Enger, Melanie (Kevin) Jones, and Liz (Tom) Pratt;
eleven great-grandchildren: Lillian, Tommy, Julia,
Opal, Lucia, Otto, Isla, Wally, Marc, Carter, and
Elise; and one sister, Myrabel Theobald.
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Merida was preceded in death by her
husband, and three grandchildren: Belle Drake,
Curtis Drake, and Kevin Klee.
Merida was a 1941 graduate of Tri-City High School
in Buffalo, IL and then studied for one year at
Brown’s Business College. She was a member of the
Beason United Methodist Church where she directed
the children's choir for many years, along with
United Methodist Women, East Oran Home Bureau and
Logan County Home Extension. She and her husband
began farming together in the Beason area when he
returned from serving in WWII. She also worked for
Fuller Seed Company as a secretary.
Memorials may be made to Lincoln Memorial Hospital
Foundation, Beason Fire Department or Atlanta Fire
Department.
Final arrangements are entrusted with Quiram-Peasley
Funeral Home of Atlanta.
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