Seventh Generation

4408. Wesley Vance DRUM was born on 13 October 1907 in North Carolina.²⁸⁵² He died on 6 December 1991 at the age of 84. He was buried in Ivey Memorial United Methodist Church Cemetery, Lincoln County, NC.

Wesley Vance DRUM and Esther Edna CAMPBELL were married estimated 1928. Esther Edna CAMPBELL, daughter of Robert Franklin CAMPBELL and Amanda Elizabeth CALDWELL, was born after 1901.

Wesley Vance DRUM and Esther Edna CAMPBELL had the following children:

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Clarence Wesley DRUM was born on 10 December 1931 in Lincoln County, North Carolina. He died on 19 May 2007 at the age of 75 in Catawba Valley Medical Center, Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina. He was buried in Maiden City Cemetery, Maiden, Catawba County, North Carolina. His obituary appeared as follows: NEWTON - Clarence Wesley Drum, 75, of Buffalo Shoals Road, Newton, passed away, Saturday, May 19, 2007, at Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory. Born Dec. 10, 1931, in Lincoln County, he was the son of the late Vance Wesley Drum and Ester Edna Campbell Drum. A member of Living Word Church in Maiden, he was a former officer with the Maiden Police Department and was in the Civil Air Patrol. In addition to his parents, one daughter, Rebecca Diane Drum; and one sister, Juanita D. Dill, preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Pauline Rhyne Drum of the home; a daughter, Teresa Elaine Burke of Hickory; two grandsons, Glen York Jr. and Bradley York of Hickory; a granddaughter, Shelia Burke Mellon of Fayetteville; three sisters, Louise D. Ward and Betty Sue D. Wood of Iron Station and Peggy D. Hodge of Vale; a brother, Thomas F. Drum III of Iron Station; and six great-grandchildren. The funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. today, Monday, May 21, 2007, at Living Word Church in Maiden, with the Revs. Mike Ainsworth and Garland Elliott officiating. Burial will follow in Maiden City Cemetery in Maiden. The family will receive friends today, Monday, May 21, 2007, from 2 to 2:45 p.m. at Living Word Church in Maiden, prior to the service. Memorials may be made to Gideon International, P.O. Box 1409, Lincolnton, N.C. 28093. Burke Mortuary in Maiden is serving the Drum family. [Published in the Hickory Daily Record on 5/21/2007]