Beverly C.Draper;a Monessen mortician for the past 35 years;of 608 Sixth St.;Monessen;died Wednesday;Aug.24;1983;in Presbyterian University Hospital;Pittsburgh;following a short illness. He was 69. Mr.Draper was born Nov.17;1913;in Monessen;a son of the late Bennie and Mary Stamper Draper. In 1948;he founded the Beverly C.Draper Funeral Home at 608 Sixth St.;Monessen. In 1976;he retired as an employee of the Monessen Pittsburgh Steel Corporation. Mr.Draper was a member of the Union Baptist Church;Monessen;where he served as a past trustee. He was also a past master of F&AM Lodge No.76;Monessen;and had served as treasurer of the Bee Hive Club of Lodge No.79. Mr.Draper was also treasurer of the 11th Masonic District;F&AM. He was also a member of the Mon Valley Branch of the NAACP;the Mon Valley Lodge;IBPOE of W.;Donora;and the Joseph H.Ford American Legion Post No.691;Monessen. Mr.Draper was a graduate of Wayne University;Detroit;Mich.;the Cincinnati (Ohio) School of Embalming;and Echel’s School of Mortuary;Philadelphia;Pa. He had also attended the School of Embalming in Pittsburgh. Mr.Draper was a military veteran;having served with the U.S.Army in Texas. He was preceded in death by a daughter;Joyce Draper McLee;on Oct.14;1967. Surviving are his wife;Helen Christian Draper;at home;one son;Beverly C.(Johnny) Draper Jr.;also at home;a grandson;Kevin McLee of Pittsburgh;a granddaughter;Milenia Draper of Philadelphia;Pa.;two sisters;Mrs.Harry (Ruby) McCraw of Monessen and Dundeenah Draper of Detroit;Mich.;two nieces;Dr.Carolyn Carter of Pittsburgh and Mrs.Marilyn Simpson of Monessen;a sister-in-law;Mrs.Hilda Dudley of McKeesport;two godsons;Craig L.Lanier of Monessen and Robert Middleton of McKeesport;cousins;great nieces and nephews and a host of friends. Friends will be received at the Beverly C.Draper Funeral Home;608 Sixth St.;Monessen;Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. The body will then be transferred to the Union Baptist Church;Monessen;where it will lie in state Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. Masonic Services will be held at Union Baptist Church Friday at 8 p.m. Services will be held at Union Baptist Church Saturday at 11 a.m.with the Rev.Oscar L.Hill;pastor;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Beverly C.Draper Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.