According to Elsie Drake Goepfert in The Heritage of Henderson County, Volume 1, “Katie Jean 7 April 1896 – 19 June 1977 attended Pleasant Hill School, Pine Grove Lodge Private School, and graduated from Hendersonville High School and Draughton’s of Greenville, South Carolina. She taught in the Henderson County school system and was a companion to Mrs. Lucy Boyd Frosdal, wife of the Vice Consul to Norway, served as sales lady and buyer for Belk Simpson prior to retiring in 1962. She was an active member of the Mary Smythe Bible Class and a member of First Presbyterian Church. She was a member of the Hendersonville Chapter Number 61, Order of the Eastern Star, serving as secretary for a number of years. A charter member and treasurer of Homemakers Extension Mountain Trails Club she was also treasurer of the Ladies Auxiliary of Valley Hill Volunteer Fire Department.”
Katie Jean Drake
Left to right – Katie Jean Drake, James Archibald Drake, Elsie Lee Drake Goepfert, Francis Henrie Drake and Mary Drake Carland
Front Row (left to right) – Katie Jean Drake and Mary Belle Lewis Drake Back Row (left to right) – James Archibald Drake, Gertrude Perry Drake, Minnie Huggins Drake, Mary Drake Carland, and Francis Henrie Drake
Kattie Jean Drake (Back Row – 1st from right) 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)
