Johnnie Lee Drake was born on March 3, 1953 to Lillie Mae Drake Williams
and Johnny Lasket in Baxley, Georgia. Johnnie attended school in the Appling
County School System. On June 16, 1965 he was baptized at First African
Missionary Baptist Church. Johnnie started working his first job at the young
age of 15 at Jacks Fertilizer Company and Lynns Wholesale Candy Factory in
Baxley, Georgia. In his early twenties Johnnie played in a traveling band
called "Big T and the Up-setters."...
Johnnie Lee Drake was born on March 3, 1953 to Lillie Mae Drake Williams
and Johnny Lasket in Baxley, Georgia. Johnnie attended school in the Appling
County School System. On June 16, 1965 he was...