Yvonne Drake Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Yvonne Ford Drake, age 84, of Goodlettsville and formerly of Robertson County, passed away Sunday, November 8, 2020 at her home. Funeral services will be held Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 12 Noon in the chapel of the Austin & Bell Funeral Home in Greenbrier with Brother David Evans officiating. Burial will follow in the Springfield Memorial Gardens with Dalton Morgan, Isaac Marshall, Jayden Marshall, Chris Ford and Chase Ford serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Mrs. Drake’s nephews and nieces. Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Thursday from 10am until the hour of service at 12 Noon. Mrs. Drake was born September 9, 1936 in the Martins Chapel Community to the late William Herschel and Mary Ellis Ford and was a graduate of Greenbrier High School. She worked as a medical records clerk and was of the Baptist faith. In addition to her parents Mrs. Drake is preceded in death by her husband, Marshall F. Drake, Sr., daughter, Georgie Leota Drake and her brothers, Raybon Herschel Ford and Charles B. Ford. Mrs. Drake is survived by her son, Marshall F. Drake, Jr. of Goodlettsville; daughters, Bonnie C. Drake and Sheila C. Drake, both of Greenbrier; brother, George Richard (Shirley) Ford of Greenbrier; and sisters, Mary Katherine (Herbert Duane) Parker of Greenbrier and Betty Faye (Max) Deaton of Spartanburg, SC. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made to the American Heart Association or to the Alzheimer’s Association. Any donations may be sent in c/o Austin & Bell. Austin & Bell Funeral Home in Springfield is in charge of these arrangements. AUSTIN & BELL FUNERAL HOME- 2619 HWY 41 SOUTH, GREENBRIER, TN (615) 643-4000

Yvonne Drake

September 9, 1936 - November 8, 2020