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Drake Boutwell
August 15, 2011
Drake Boutwell, 15, passed away on Thursday, August 11, 2011 in Atmore.
Drake was a native of Pleasant Grove, AL, a former resident of Stanley Crossroads, AL, and a resident of Atmore. He was a student at Flomaton High School and attended the Moyeville Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his grandfathers, Roy Smith and Kenneth Boutwell, and his great-grandparents, Grover and Myrtle Smith and Lelia Boutwell .
He is survived by his father, Alton Ray and Genia Rutherford Boutwell of Stanley Crossroads; his mother, Jamie Boutwell and Jennifer Dykes of Atmore; three brothers, Justin Boutwell, Wyatt Rutherford and Rowdy Rutherford, all of Stanley Crossroads; two sisters, Jordyn Boutwell of Atmore and Shaina Boutwell of Stanley Crossroads; his grandparents, Gail Smith and Randal Miller of Stanley Crossroads, Betty Boutwell and Ralph Babineaux of Lake Charles, LA, Don and Beverly Ellis of Atmore, and Josephine Johnson of Poarch; his great-grandparents, Clark and Willonese Wooten of Pleasant Grove, and Willis and Voncile Ray of Canoe; six uncles, Kevin and Jessica Dykes of Pensacola, Bradley and Emily Dykes of East Brewton, Troy Boutwell of Pineview, AL, David and Kathy Smith of Poarch, Heith and Kimber Smith of Poarch, and Chad Alverson of Atmore; an Aunt, Skye DeSilvia of Atmore; eight cousins; and a number of great-uncles and great-aunts.
Funeral services will be held Monday, August 15, 2011 at 4 p.m. at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with the Rev. Danny Joyner officiating.
Burial will follow at Moyeville Cemetery.
Visitation was held Sunday, August 14, 2011, at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home in Atmore.
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5 Responses to “Drake Boutwell”
I love you so much and i miss you more than anything. You were my buddy all through school and you will never be forgotten! I know you are now able to run around and have fun. You could always make someone happy with just smiling. I love you sooo much! i miss u.
I would like to thank northescambia.com for honoring not only drake’s wishes but his mom’s and dad’s too. To me an obituary from a mother and father should be published exactly the way it’s written because they knew their son/daughter like no one else did. Drake would have been the first to tell you that Jenifer Dykes is suppose to be listed right beside his mother’s name. He loved her as if she was his own mother. I should know because I’m his mother and he got to spend his last couple of months with us and he would rather her do things for him than me. She made him happy, babying him, spoiling him and taking up for him when I was doing my motherly duties. Tri-city would not publish his obituary the way we all wanted it. They included his dad’s girlfriend, all of Drake’s extended family from Genia’s side even Jenifer’s side which is what me and his dad wanted but would not acknowledge Jenifer at all because it’s against their policy so they say. They told me no girlfriends/boyfriends/significant others couldn’t be named, but they did. Then there excuse for that was well that’s how we got it from the the funeral home well if they had gotten that way that’s what they should have published. Obituaries in my eyes are wrote up the way the deceased and their family wants it and it shouldn’t be a policy saying they can’t do it that way.
Buddy, you are my heart and always will be. I love you and miss you very much. May you jump and run forever now. You are with Jesus now and you will not have any more pain, only joy and peace. God is taking care of you and I know you are happy and are waiting for all of us. We will see you again one day. Love forever.
prayers to all.may god hold yall close together.
I was honored to have known Drake while I volunteered and worked and FES. He was a very sweet, bright young man w/a smile that could melt your heart!!! He will always hold a special place in my heart!