Leon Emery Drawdy
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Obituary
Funeral services for Mr. Leon Emery Drawdy, 49, route 2 box 663-D, Melbourne FL who died Monday in Orlando from injuries received when a tree fell on him, will be held Friday at 2:00 PM at the Fairchild Funeral Home Chapel, Lake Ivanhoe, with commander Robert L Deal, chaplain U.S. Navy of Sanford Naval Air station officiating. Interment will be in Drawly Cemetery, Orange County. Born in Whittier, Florida he moved to Melbourne two years ago. He was a former resident of Orlando and Miami. Mr. Drawly was chief engineer on the patrol boat commanded by the then Ensign John F Kennedy. He had been wounded and was in the hospital when the now famous ramming of the boat by the Japanese ship occurred in the South Pacific. After discharge from the hospital, he returned to serve under Kennedy who was commanding a new boat. Drawly worked in Miami after getting out of the Navy before going to Melbourne to go into the orange grove business. Survivors mother: Mrs. Mamie Hall Drawdy; brother Joe Drawdy, both of Melbourne. Sisters: Mrs. Mildred Shively, Miami, Mrs. Gladys DeLeon, Renton WA. Fairchild Funeral Home Lake Ivanhoe, is in charge of the arrangements.
Genealogy
- Father: Levi Drawdy
- Mother: Mamie A Hall Drawdy
- Sister: Alma Mary Drawdy Newton
- Sister: Mildred Jane Drawdy Shively
- Sister: Gladys Marie Drawdy Deleon
- Brother: Levi Beaureguard Drawdy Jr.
Accomplishments and Honors
Ensign Drawdy served with future President John F. Kennedy on the PT109. At the time of his death, President Kennedy sent a letter to be read, as he was unable to attend the service. Leon Drawdy was mentioned in the book and movie, detailing the events of PT109.
Information on John F. Kennedy and PT-109
“On the morning of April 25, 1943 Ensign Thom took the boat to Sesapi to pick up l09’s new CO — a twenty-six year-old product of Harvard who introduced himself to Thom as Jack Kennedy. That same day, the men who would make up the nucleus of the 109’’s new crew — Firemen Edmund Drewitch and Leon Drawdy, and Gunner’s Mate Charles Harris also reported to the boat.”
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Career
- Orange grove business
Military Service
Ensign US Navy. Served on PT-109 with John Kenndy, who became President of the United States
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