Joann Walker Drake
Joann Walker Drake, age 86, of Irvine, Kentucky, departed this life on January 17, 2022, at the Irvine Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after a brief illness.
Born on June 3, 1935, in Walkertown, Kentucky to the late Wayne and Lillie Bell Walker, Miss Drake was of the Pentecostal faith.
In addition to her parents Joann was also preceded in death by her first husband, Noah Crase and her second husband Otto Drake, one daughter, Rebecca Jo Drake, Three brothers, Arliss, Clyde and John Walker, one sister, Betty Walker and a daughter in law, Regina Crase.
Miss Drake is survived by a daughter, Melissa Kay Drake, two sons, Zachary Drake and Linda and Derek Crase and Lilia Hull. One sister, Irene Shultz, eight grandchildren, David Hunt, Jimmy Crase and Stacey, Matthew Crase and Christy, Heather Rose, Larry Jr. Norton, Sherry Carasco, Pamela Parsons, and John Luster. Eight great grandchildren, Colin and Morgan Crase, Kirstin Joann Sky Rose, Dalton and Kylie Trimble, Natalie and Landon Norton and Abigail Crase. Several nieces and nephews and a host of other relatives and friends to miss her and mourn her passing.
Funeral services for Joann Walker Drake will be conducted on Saturday, January 22, 2022, at 2 P.M. in the Lewis Home for Funerals chapel with Pastor Todd Blevins officiating. The family will receive friends from Noon until the time of services at 2 P.M. at the funeral home. A private internment service will be held later.
Lewis Home for Funerals is honored to serve the family of Joann Walker Drake.