DAN E. PRESTON
Dan E. Preston Succumbs
Friday At Age Of 75
Dan E. Preston, prominent local citizen and retired
merchant, died last Thursday night at his home on Fourth
Street. He had been seriously ill for several months.
A heart attack and a second attack of pneumonia proved
fatal to Mr. Preston who would have been 75 years of age
on March 31 1941.
He was born in Paintsville on March 31, 1866, the son of
the late Mose Preston, Jr., and Louisa Hager Preston
Turner. He was married to the former Miss Mary Pauline
May, of Salyersville, December 11, 1899, and they
observed their fiftieth wedding anniversary December 11,
1939.
Mr. Preston’s ancestors on both sides of the family were
among the earliest pioneers of the Big Sandy Valley. His
great grandfathers on both sides came to this section
from Virginia.
His grandfather on his maternal side was a general of
Kentucky troops at the outbreak of the Civil War. Beriah
Magoffin was Governor of Kentucky at that time. He was
later the first sheriff of Johnson County.
Mr. Preston united with the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, at an early age, retaining his membership in that
church until his death. After completing his education in
the Johnson County Schools he completed a business course
at Ohio Wesleyan College.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday at 2 p.m., from
the Mayo Memorial Church with Rev. Guy Coffman, the
pastor, in charge.
Burial was made in the Preston family cemetery in East
Paintsville with undertakers J. A. Jones and Frank J.
Conley directing.
Pallbearers were Glen Preston, Douglas Turner, Walter
Meek, Dr. James Archer, Kenneth Preston and John Jett.
Honorary pallbearers included Dan Wheeler, John A. Wells,
Dr. J. A. Wells, Oscar Evans, Porter Huntsman, Pleas
Holbrook, Dr. O. N. Wilson and Al Cameron.
Survivors are the widow; three sons, James and Howard
Preston, Paintsville, and Paul Preston, Louisville; four
daughters, Mrs. Herbert Wheeler, Paintsville; Mrs. E. F.
Harrison and Mrs. Everett Johnson, Pikeville; Mrs. Carson
L. Davis, Ashland; a sister, Mrs. Thomas Brown,
Paintsville; a brother, Morell G. Preston, Paintsville; a
half-brother, James W. Turner, Paintsville, five
grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Paintsville Herald
Thursday
3-20-1941
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