Mary Barnes Drago

May 3, 1918 - October 15, 2016

Mary E. Drago, 98, of Florence, KY passed away on October 15. She was an active and loving person who loved the outdoors and nature, particularly bird watching, as well as her family. She worked for years as head cashier at the Netherland and Terrace Hilton Hotels in Cincinnati and taught Sunday School for 54 years at the Florence Baptist Church. She was also very proud of being a Kentucky Colonel.

Mary was preceded in deathby her parents, Raymond and Frances Barnes (nee Stone), husbands Emery Chatham and Frank Drago, sister Virginia Short and brother Jerry Barnes.

Mary is survived by her daughter, Darlena Graham; son-in-law, Jim; grandchildren: Jim (Darlene) and Wendy; Great grandchildren: Jim, Dana, Jimmy andNichole; and great great grandchildren: Dylan, Xavier and Lila.

Funeral services will be 1:00 PM, Thursday, October 20, 2016 at Elliston-Stanley Funeral Home, 500 N. Main St., Williamstown, KY 41097. Visitation will be 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Thursday. Burial will be in the Robinson Family Cemetery.