Background
Drake, Raymond Clark was born on August 15, 1926 in Cambridge, Ohio, United States. Son of Raymond Clark and Naomi Icel (Kobel) Drake.
Drake, Raymond Clark was born on August 15, 1926 in Cambridge, Ohio, United States. Son of Raymond Clark and Naomi Icel (Kobel) Drake.
Bachelor in Business Administration, Mount Union College, Alliance, Ohio, 1949.
Accountant, statistician, auditor, Ohio Fuel Gas Company of Columbia Gas, Columbus, Ohio., 1949-1953; general accountant, Radio Corporation of America, Cambridge, 1953-1962; store manager, Kirks Furniture, Carpet and Appliances, Cambridge, 1962-1965; sales representative, R.H. Kyle Furniture Company, Charleston, West Virginia, 1965-1984; retired, 1984.
Board of directors Cambridge Young Men’s Christian Association, Cambridge section American Red Cross, Cambridge Community Concert Association. President Cambridge Beautification Council, Guernsey County Cancer Society, Guernsey County Dollars for Scholars. Vice president Guernsey CountyHist.
Society; member First Families of Guernsey County, First Families of Ohio. General chairman United States Olympic Canoe & Kayak Trials, 1976. DeMolya Active Legion of Honor.
Chairman Guernsey County Hall of Fame. Finance Chairman.Muskingum Valley Presbytery. Treasurer, elder 1st Presbyterian Church Cambridge.
Treasurer Big Brothers/Big Sisters Guernsey County. Member county board, Forest Trails county Boy Scouts American With United States Army, 1944-1946, PTO. National Campers and Hikers Association (founder, president Ohio chapter), American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Grange, Buckeye State Sheriffs' Association, Guernsey County Genealogical Society, Ohio Genealogical Society, Ohio National Campers Association (Vice-President, president Cambridge chapter), Rotary (president Cambridge chapter), Rotary International (Paul Harris Fellow), Kentucky Colonels, Elks, Junior Chamber of Commerce, Masons (33 degree), York Rite Masons, Shriners, Scottish Rite.
Married Rose Marie Harper, March 11, 1949 (deceased 1978). Children: Alan Clark, Susan Lynn. Married Arlene Thomas, November 15, 1979.