ORA MAE PRESTON
1881-1967
Miss Ora Mae Preston, daughter of Cyrus M. and Alice Price Preston and
a member of one of the oldest and most prominent families of Eastern
Kentucky, died Sunday May 28, at the home of her sister, Mrs. Frank C.
Malin, in Ashland.
Miss Preston was born at Paintsville, and spent most of her life here.
Both the Preston and Price families were pioneers in the Big Sandy
Valley, and were closely as- sociated with the early history of
Paintsville and Johnson County.
A graduate of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Miss Ora for fifty
years was an instructor in music at Paintsville. A member of Mayo
Methodist Church she served as choir director and in other activities of
the church. She was a member of the Harman Station Chapter, National
Society, Dauthters of the American Revolution serving the chapter as
Regent and in other important offices.
Surviving, in addition to Mrs. Malin, are another sister, Mrs. Esther
Range of Winchester, and two sisters-in-law, Mrs. Roger Preston of
Ashland and Mrs. Ray Prston of Apple Valley, California.
Services were held Wednesday, May 31, in the Mayo Memorial Church, with
Rev. Leslie M. Rogers officiating.
Burial followed in the Preston Cemetery under the direction of the Jones-
Preston Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were David? S. Jones, A. P. Mason, Robert Mont- gomery,
Walter Mack, William Hazelrigg, Russell ?????, ????? Conley?, Herman
Wheeler and William Garland, all of Paintsville.
Paintsville Herald
Wednesday
6-07-1967
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