Thomas Kenneth Drafts

The family of Thomas Kenneth Drafts will receive family and friends on Tuesday June 3, 2025 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Barr-Price funeral home, 609 Northwood Road Lexington, S.C. 29072. A private family service and burial will be in Mt. Hermon Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Mr. Drafts passed away Thursday May 29, 2025. He was born on December 30, 1948 to the late Bernice Marie Hite Drafts and Thomas Durham Drafts of Lexington County S.C. He was raised at Mt. Hermon Lutheran Church and worked at Kline Iron and Steel as an architectural draftsman.

Kenny was a good guy and in his younger years he loved to fish and tend to his horses. He liked to draw and he possessed a unique blend of natural aptitude, honed skill, and creative vision in his artistic work. He had a passion for flatpicking the guitar and he did it very well. It was always a treat to hear his beautiful pieces. He enjoyed raising chickens and he even traveled showing them winning lots of trophies and ribbons through the 70’s. His favorite breed was his Ginger Red Old English hens and roosters. He raised doves and various breeds of colorful birds also. He liked going to auctions seeking Fenton glass and collectable pocket watches. He liked to bowl and he belonged to a bowling league. He liked gardening and he collected various unique succulents. His recent passion was raising fancy red tail guppies. Among some of Kennys favorites was Marilyn Monroe, Tina Turner, Townes Van Zant, John Prine, Buddy Holly, Abraham Lincoln, his horse Sugar Foot, his dog Mokey, his dog Bowser, and he loved Clemson sports. He was close to his sister, niece, nephews, and his family meant the world to him and vice versa. He will be greatly missed.

Kenneth is predeceased by his parents Thomas and Bernice (Hite) Drafts. Surviving is his dear sister Barbara Jeanette Drafts Roland (Luke), Niece Lunette Roland-Davis (Tim), nephew Eric Roland (Melissa), nephew Brent Roland (Robin), great-nephew Austin Roland, great-nephew Hunter Mitchum, great-niece Jayden Roland, great-nephew Coltin Roland, great-nephew Trevor Davis, and great-nephew Daltin Roland.

Thank you to all who have positively attributed to his care in his lifetime.

Memorials can be made to Mt. Hermon Lutheran Church Food Pantry, 3011 Leaphart Road West Columbia, SC 29172 or Alport Syndrome Foundation P.O. Box 4130 Scottsdale, AZ 85261-4130 or online at alportsyndrome.org/donate.

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