Sixth Generation

1546. Ray David Lafayette DRUM was born on 6 January 1896 in Catawba County, North Carolina.^{410,416,1226,1925} In 1910 he was a farm laborer on his grandfather, Marcus L. Cline's farm, in Cline's Township, Catawba County, North Carolina.¹²²⁶ He died on 11 May 1964 at the age of 68 in Catawba County, North Carolina.^1198,2164 Ray was buried in Mt. Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery, Conover, Catawba County, North Carolina.²¹⁶⁴ Ray was raised by Marcus Lafayette Cline and California Brent Frye after the death of his mother Fannie.

Ray David Lafayette DRUM and Amanda Ella "Manda" DELLINGER were married on 25 May 1928.²⁰⁹ Amanda Ella "Manda" DELLINGER, daughter of Robert Vance DELLINGER and Mary Alice HOUSTON, was born in February 1898 in Catawba County, North Carolina.^{1201,2164,2165} She died in 1984 at the age of 86 in Catawba County, North Carolina.²¹⁶⁴ She was buried in Mt. Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery, Conover, Catawba County, North Carolina.²¹⁶⁴

Ray David Lafayette DRUM and Amanda Ella "Manda" DELLINGER had the following children:

3612	i.	Theron E. DRUM (private).
3613	ii.	Rev. Harold A. DRUM was born on 9 July 1933. He died of pulmonary fibrosis following a battle lasting almost six years on 9 December 2008 at the age of 75 in Catawba County, North Carolina. His obituary appeared as follows: CONOVER - On Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008, Pastor Harold A. Drum succumbed to pulmonary fibrosis following a battle lasting almost six years. Pastor Drum was born July 9, 1933, to the late David Ray Lafayette Drum and Amanda Ella Dellinger Drum. Harold grew up in Catawba County and attended Lenoir-Rhyne College, as well as Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio. He faithfully served parishes in New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Michigan, and when he retired to North Carolina, he served interim assignments in Charlotte, Morganton and at Mount Zion in Conover. He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Janet Schneirla Drum; two daughters, Adrienne Drum and fiance, Rick Fincher, and Meg Lumsdaine and husband, Peter; two grandchildren, Sophia Lumsdaine and Brendan Lumsdaine; and his brother, Maury Drum. A service of remembrance will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12, 2008, at Mount Zion Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Dr. David Seymour officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:15 to 2:45 p.m., prior to the service at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Mount Zion Lutheran Church, c/o the Rev. Harold Drum Fund, 4420 County Home Road, Conover, N.C. 28613 or Palliative CareCenter & Hospice of Catawba Valley, 3975 Robinson Road, Newton, N.C. 28658. The Drum family has entrusted funeral arrangements to Drum Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Conover. [Published in the Hickory Daily Record on 12/11/2008]
3614	iii.	Maury M. DRUM (private).