FORT WORTH — Services for Joseph Lawson “J.L.” Drake, 72, of Arlington will be 2 p.m. Monday at Pleasant Ridge Church of Christ in Arlington.

Burial will follow in Greenwood Memorial Park.

Mr. Drake died Friday, Sept. 19.

He was born Feb. 9, 1936, to Charles J. and Dorothy E. Drake in Westmoreland, Calif. He worked as a surveyor in Texas. He retired from the City of Fort Worth Civil Engineering Department. He was an active member of Pleasant Ridge Church of Christ, serving with the Hearts and Hands benevolence program. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Wanda Drake.

Survivors include his wife, Edna Drake of Arlington; two sons, Jeff Drake of Haltom City and Joey Drake of Fort Worth; four brothers, Charles, Anthony, Lawrence and David Drake; two sisters, Paulette Hitt and Charlotte Sehand; his stepmother, Ruth Drake of Belton; and a granddaughter.

Greenwood Funeral Home in Fort Worth is in charge of arrangements.