ANNIE GRACE (NICHOLSON) DRAKE
Birth: 11 Nov 1932
Death: 20 Jun 2019
(age: 86 years, 7 months, 9 days)

Annie Drake was born to Allie Ruland Nicholson and George William Nicholson in Parker County. She moved to Brownfield, Texas in 1938 with her parents and three older brothers: Jack Weldon, Freddie Ray and Albert Eugene.
After graduating from high school in Brownfield in 1950, Annie attended Howard Payne College in Brownwood, Texas. After retiring from a business career with IBM, she attended Texas Tech University, graduating in 1989 with a bachelor’s degree in general studies. Annie also completed other courses of study in conjunction with various employment and personal pursuits including Millefeuille-Provence, Centre Residentiel de Langues, St. Genies de Comolas, France.
Ms. Drake was employed by Eli Lilly & Company, Lubbock and Dallas; IBM Corporation, Lubbock; Lubbock International Cultural Center and the US Department of Homeland Security.
She was active in many civic organizations in Lubbock and served on Boards of Directors for the American Red Cross, Lubbock Chamber of Commerce Women’s Division, Lubbock Rape Crisis Center, St. Mary of the Plains Hospital Foundation, Lubbock Women’s Club and the Lubbock International Culture Center. She served on the Lubbock Commission, Bicentennial of the US Constitution Celebration and chaired the Ransom Canyon Historical Committee in placing an historical marker. She was a state officer of the Texas Society, NSDAR, and received the Medal of Appreciation form the National Society, Sons of the American Revolution, Texas Tech Chapter. A member of the National Society Daughters of the Revolution since 1976, Annie was regent of the Nancy Anderson Chapter, Lubbock, and a member of the Michael Stoner Chapter, Dallas. She was a member of Second Baptist Church in Lubbock since 1968. Annie became an associate member of the Lubbock chapter General James Smith Daughters of the Republic of Texas in 2011.
As Chairwoman of the Archives & History Committee, Lubbock International Cultural Center, Ms. Drake compiled “Lubbock International Culture Center, Inc.: 10th Anniversary Edition”. She also authored the book, “Clear Fork Kinship”, for which she received the Will Rogers Medallion Award from the Academy of Western Artists for western non-fiction.
Annie was married to Charles Doyle Drake on August 3, 1951; he predeceased her on January 26, 1990. She is survived by: her three children, Ann, Stephanie and Toby, four grand children, two great-grand children: brothers, Freddie, Albert, nieces and nephews and many other extended family members and friends.
Annie Drake chose to be cremated in Dallas and interred in Clark Cemetery, Parker County in a family plot. She is the sixth generation of her family to be buried there.
After graduating from high school in Brownfield in 1950, Annie attended Howard Payne College in Brownwood, Texas. After retiring from a business career with IBM, she attended Texas Tech University, graduating in 1989 with a bachelor’s degree in general studies. Annie also completed other courses of study in conjunction with various employment and personal pursuits including Millefeuille-Provence, Centre Residentiel de Langues, St. Genies de Comolas, France.
Ms. Drake was employed by Eli Lilly & Company, Lubbock and Dallas; IBM Corporation, Lubbock; Lubbock International Cultural Center and the US Department of Homeland Security.
She was active in many civic organizations in Lubbock and served on Boards of Directors for the American Red Cross, Lubbock Chamber of Commerce Women’s Division, Lubbock Rape Crisis Center, St. Mary of the Plains Hospital Foundation, Lubbock Women’s Club and the Lubbock International Culture Center. She served on the Lubbock Commission, Bicentennial of the US Constitution Celebration and chaired the Ransom Canyon Historical Committee in placing an historical marker. She was a state officer of the Texas Society, NSDAR, and received the Medal of Appreciation form the National Society, Sons of the American Revolution, Texas Tech Chapter. A member of the National Society Daughters of the Revolution since 1976, Annie was regent of the Nancy Anderson Chapter, Lubbock, and a member of the Michael Stoner Chapter, Dallas. She was a member of Second Baptist Church in Lubbock since 1968. Annie became an associate member of the Lubbock chapter General James Smith Daughters of the Republic of Texas in 2011.
As Chairwoman of the Archives & History Committee, Lubbock International Cultural Center, Ms. Drake compiled “Lubbock International Culture Center, Inc.: 10th Anniversary Edition”. She also authored the book, “Clear Fork Kinship”, for which she received the Will Rogers Medallion Award from the Academy of Western Artists for western non-fiction.
Annie was married to Charles Doyle Drake on August 3, 1951; he predeceased her on January 26, 1990. She is survived by: her three children, Ann, Stephanie and Toby, four grand children, two great-grand children: brothers, Freddie, Albert, nieces and nephews and many other extended family members and friends.
Annie Drake chose to be cremated in Dallas and interred in Clark Cemetery, Parker County in a family plot. She is the sixth generation of her family to be buried there.