Shawnee resident Cully Drake-Kirkham, 100, died Saturday, December 4, at her home in Shawnee.

She was born December 13, 1903, in Nebo, Oklahoma {Indian Territory} to Addison Bunton Drake and Novella Saraner Pounders-Drake.

She married Clifford Kirkham July 15, 1924, in Oklahoma City, where they lived until moving to Shawnee in 1930.

She worked in Shawnee as a nurse and a dental assistant. She had been a member of University Baptist Church since 1970. She was a published poet and was a charter member and the last living member of the Oklahoma Poetry Society. She also was a member of the Shawnee Writers Club and had been a Sunday school teacher at First Baptist Church in Shawnee and had visited the Holy Land in 1969, 1972 and 1974.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and sister, Sherry Holloway.

Surviving are brother, Kermit Drake of Shawnee, sister, Selma Drake of Shawnee and two nieces, Addileen Ashworth of Shawnee and Karen Perry of Longview, Texas.

Service will be 2:00 p.m. Monday at Gaskill Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Glen Pence officiating.

Burial will follow at Dale Cemetery under the direction of Gaskill Funeral Home.

Published December 5, 2004.