James Archibald Drake, husband of Gertrude Perry Drake
According to Elsie Drake Goepfert in The Henderson County Heritage, Volume 1, “James Archibald Drake was born 5 October 1911 married 13 June 1935 in West Palm Beach, Florida Gertrude Perry. They reside on Willow Road and are parents of Thelma Jean, Dorothy Elizabeth Justus and James MacArthur and Gary Earl Drake of Atlanta, Georgia.”
Gertrude Perry Drake and James Archibald Drake at the time of their marriage in 1935.
James Archibald Drake & Gertrude Perry Drake on their Wedding Day
Gertude Perry Drake with James Archibald Drake with children Dorothy Elizabeth (Libby) Drake and James MacArthur Drake
James Archibald Drake and Gertrude Perry Drake at their 50th Wedding Anniversary at the Cedars in Hendersonville, N.C
James Archibald Drake and Gertrude Perry Drake
James Archibald Drake (2nd from left)
Left to right (brothers) – Francis Henrie Drake, James Archibald Drake, John W. Drake, and George Jackson Drake
James Archibald Drake
James Archibald Drake (3rd from left)
Left to right – James MacAuthur Drake, Dorothy Elizabeth Drake Justus, James Archibald Drake, Gertrude Perry Drake and Gary Earl Drake (family of James Archibald and Gertrude Drake 50th Wedding Anniversary at Cedars in Hendersonville N.C. )
James Archibald Drake (Back Row – 2nd from left)

Back row (left to right) – Minnie Huggins Drake, Gertrude Perry Drake, Mary Lewis Drake, Mary Drake Carland, Elsie Drake Goepfert, and Kattie Jean Drake
Front row (left to right) – Francis Henrie Drake, James Archibald Drake, George Jackson Drake, John W. Drake, and Martin Goepfert
(all buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery)
Left to right – Katie Jean Drake, James Archibald Drake, Elsie Lee Drake Goepfert, Francis Henrie Drake and Mary Drake Carland
Left to right – Katie Jean Drake, James Archibald Drake, Elsie Lee Drake Goepfert, Francis Henrie Drake and Mary Drake Carland