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OCHEL PRESTON CEMETERY
    
In Book-3 Johnson County Cemeteries this cemetery is called the PRESTON CEMETERY, so as not to  confuse it with other Cemeteries with the same name we have renamed this online version to the OCHEL PRESTON CEM.
   
   
On the old Ochel Preston farm
Copied By: Janie Fairchild

CEMETERY LAND DEED
Submitted By: Selene Blanton Jul 2007

IN FEBRUARY 2008 THIS CEMETERY WAS REDOCUMENTED, PHOTOGRAPHED
AND SUBMITTED BY: Dianna Jaynes Feb 2008

From Paintsville stay on Rt.40 and Euclid Avenue north. Go approximately 2 2/1 miles on 40 until you come
to Rt. 1107. Turn left onto 1107 and go app. 3 miles. You pass the Thelma Post office on right. The main
road goes across a set of railroad tracks. You stay on 1107 main street past the Carl Perkins
Rehabilitation Center, Thelma Community Center and fire department. Go approximately 1 mile and the main
road crosses another set of railroad tracks. Immediately after you cross the tracks you'll see a gate on
the right side of the road. This gate leads up the hill and onto the Ochel Preston Cemetery on the right
side of the hill.

Directions By: Selene Blanton 4-8-2003




Photo Taken in 2006
 


RED: Additions added to original listing

BLUE: Additions by Libby Preston
LISTING LAST UPDATED Mar.06-2003 Updated By: Selene Blanton


UNKNOWN, Raymond                -----------     ----------      

BALDWIN, Pricie Lou (Childers)
Mar.25 1921 Jul.28 2007 (OBIT)

BLANKENSHIP, Cathy J. *                 1946            1992

BLANTON, Mason              47  Mar.01 1908     Sep.21 1955    (OBIT)

BLESSING, Exer (Childers)   92  Oct.01 1908     Mar.02 2001    (OBIT)
BLESSING, William           35         1898     Nov.21 1934
(OBIT)
BOYD, Albert                83  Sep.17 1872     Dec.28 1954    (OBIT)
BOYD, Dora                       Mar.14 1877     Jun.02 1934
BUTCHER, Clarence "Joe" Feb.03 1933 Dec.25 1998

CAMPBELL, Lois Evelyn            Jul.09 1934     Mar.22 1985

CHILDERS, Dorothy (Holbrook) 83  Jun.04 1919     Jan.28 2003    (OBIT)
CHILDERS, Jack Burton       22  Jan.09 1935     Jul.02 1957    (OBIT) (WW-II Veteran)   
CHILDERS, John              29  Jan.29 1917     Aug.07 1946    (OBIT) (WW-II Veteran)
CHILDERS, Leonard W.                    1912            1983 
CHILDERS, Nannie (Mollette) 71  Dec.12 1893     Apr.06 1965   
(OBIT)
CHILDERS, Rebecca                Aug.11 1919     Oct.18 1934
CHILDERS, Thomas "Tom"      91  Nov.23 1885     Jun.02 1977   
(OBIT)
CHILDERS, Tony Lee           27 Jul.14 1951     Sep.20 1978
(OBIT)

CLOUSE, Anna Lee (Daniels)       Feb.17 1920     Oct.23 1963 w/o-Luther Craig Clouse
CLOUSE, Luther Craig                    1917     Aug.01 2001
(OBIT)

DANIEL, B. L. [Basil]       84  Aug.14 1854     Sep.10 1938    (OBIT)
DANIEL, Hattie (Ward)[PIC-2]            1896                    w/o-Milroy Daniels
DANIEL, Milroy  
[PIC-2]    61  Apr.01 1893     Apr.13 1954    (OBIT)
DANIEL, Nellie (Preston)    70  Oct.03 1911     Mar.14 1982    (OBIT)
DANIEL, Sallie (Ward)            Mar.24 1888     May 25 1975   
(OBIT)
DANIEL, Shirley (Shark)[FHMC] 91 Mar.10 1910     Nov.09 2001    (OBIT)
DANIEL, Troy Rev.           67  Oct.16 1879     Aug.28 1946    (OBIT)

DANIELS, Diana S.                Apr.03 1950     Jan.06 1984
DANIELS, Margie                         1895            1960
DANIELS, Hobert Peery Apr.07 1918 living
DANIELS, Kathleen (Holbrook) Mar.09 1921 living
DANIELS, Newton             72         1893     Feb.26 1968    (OBIT)
DANIELS, Phillip R.              Jun.13 1938     Jun.13 1938
DANIELS, Willis Virgie           Mar.27 1938     Jan.26 1940

ESTEP, Susie Ann (McCarty)  67  Aug    1902     Sep.28 1969    (OBIT)
ESTEP, William E.                       1901                    h/o-Susie Ann (McCarty) Estep

FRALEY, Haskel              53  Oct.02 1912     Feb.14 1966
(OBIT)

HALL, Curtis                     Sep.09 1906     Oct.29 1967    h/o-Hester (Childers) Hall
HALL, Hester (Childers)          Apr.06 1911     Apr.04 1984    d/o-homas and Nannie Mollette Childers 

HOLBROOK, Betty Jean (Ratliff) Feb.18 1932     Jul.21 1959
(OBIT)
HOLBROOK, Dewey             77  Oct.01 1902     Jan.07 1980
(OBIT)
HOLBROOK, Ellis Keith 1949 Jan. 1952
(OBIT)
HOLBROOK, Elsie
(Blanton)        Feb.09 1904     Jun.06 1978   
(OBIT)
HOLBROOK, Exer (Ward)       75  Dec.27 1899     May 16 1975    (OBIT)
HOLBROOK, Goldie M (Caudill) 73 Mar.30 1903     Aug.17 1976   
(OBIT)
HOLBROOK, Guy Junior             Jan.12 1926     Aug.13 1960
(OBIT)
HOLBROOK, Harry                         1877     Oct.20 1959  
(OBIT)
HOLBROOK, Kennis                        1900     Jun.07 1971   
(OBIT) h/o-Exer (Ward) Holbrook
HOLBROOK, Paul                          1926            1975
HOLBROOK, Raymond Jan.19 1935 Sep.12 1981
HOLBROOK, Sarah (Rowland)   95  Aug.16 1879     Jun.16 1975    (OBIT)
HOLBROOK, Velcie                        1927                      
HOLBROOK, Walter            79 Aug.07 1904     Aug.11 1984  
(OBIT)

JAMES, Emma K. (Childers)   73  Jan.29 1917     May 23 1990   
(OBIT)
JAMES, Wallace B. Jr.            Aug.21 1926     Feb.11 1997    (OBIT)
        
JOHNSON, Augusta                 Sep.02 1871     Dec.22 1949
JOHNSON, Curtis E.               Jul.11 1908     Jul.09 1983
JOHNSON, Ella H.                 Feb.24 1910     Apr.26 1951
JOHNSON, Essie                   Apr.26 1914     Feb.04 1991
JOHNSON, Thomas M.               Oct.20 1936     Apr.20 1937
JOHNSON, Wilford                 Oct.12 1936     Feb.03 1988

MEEK, Aaron "Jack"          67  May 15 1933     Dec.04 2000    (OBIT)
MEEK, Dianna Sue (Blanton)  56  May 12 1942     Jun.08 1998    (OBIT)  w/o-Aaron Meek
MEEK, Jackie Lynn           39  Nov.15 1962     Jan.08 2002   
(OBIT)  d/o-Jack & Dianna Sue (Blanton) Meek
MEEK, Paul Russell Sr.      60  Nov.28 1942     Mar.18 2003   
(OBIT)
MUSIC, Baby Katherine ** ----------- -----------

PRESTON, Alka (Ward)        62  Jul.12 1885     Apr.12 1947    (OBIT)
PRESTON, Clifford Lee [PIC-2]    Nov.27 1926     Nov.17 1982    h/o-Juanita H Preston  s/o-Arthur Preston & Matilda Daniel
PRESTON, E. J.                   Mar.12 1917     Dec.05 1994 h/o-Grace Preston

PRESTON, Ena Mae                 Jul.17 1922     Oct.18 1923    d/o-Alka Ward & Paris Preston  
PRESTON, Grace                   Jun.28 1915     Nov.11 1994 w/o-E.J. Preston

PRESTON, Hershell                May 22 1903     Sep.23 190(8)(3)s/o-Alka Ward & Paris Preston     
PRESTON, Jo Emogene 72 Dec.12 1924 Jun.17 1997
(OBIT)
PRESTON, Juanita (Holbrook)      Jan.18 1930                    w/o-Clifford Lee Preston  d/o-Kennis & Exer Ward Holbrook
PRESTON, Laura Bell              Sep.03 1913     Jan.19 1914    d/o-Alka Ward & Paris Preston   
PRESTON, Marie (Pack)       80  Feb.04 1923     Sep.28 2003    (OBIT)
PRESTON, Mitchell Jul.13 1905 Dec.04 1998 s/o-Paris & Alka (Ward) Preston
PRESTON, Ochel                   Dec.16 1920     Mar.19 1983    h/o-Marie (Pack) Preston s/o-Willie & Virgie Lu Price.    
PRESTON, Paris              76  Jan.07 1879     Jul.08 1955    (OBIT)
PRESTON, Virgie P.               Feb.17 1899     Oct.14 1930    d/o-Willie & Virgie Lu Price.  
PRESTON, W. L. "Willie"     84  Jan.23 1882     Jul.06 1966   
(OBIT) s/o-William Shadrick Preston & Nancy J. Travis
PRESTON, W. S.[William Shadrick] Aug.08 1854     Dec.28 1937    (OBIT)

ROWLAND, Nannie (Childers) 74 Oct.08 1929 Jun.12 2004
(OBIT)
ROWLAND, Henry Elmer 1991 h/o-Nannie (Childres) Rowland

SMITH, Joseph                    Sep.23 1937     Mar.15 1940

SPEARS, Epp                  88  Nov.22 1890     Jun.28 1979 (OBIT)
SPEARS, Jerry Edward 60 Nov.30 1944 Apr.27 2005
(OBIT)
SPEARS, Louise (Jackson)       71 Jan.12 1908     Aug.25 1979
(OBIT)

TACKETT, Leroy                          1947            1989     
TACKETT, Maudie                         1913     Jul.23 1983    w/o-William H. Tackett
TACKETT, William H.         77  Apr.18 1907     Jan.08 1985    (OBIT)

WALLEN, Earnest E.                      1934            1987
WALLEN, Judy (Clouse) 53 Mar.26 1947 Feb.08 2001
(OBIT)

WARD, Asbury               77  Mar.07 1859     Jun.14 1936    (OBIT)
WARD, Laura Belle (Price)   85         1861     Jul.10 1946    (OBIT)

WILLIAMSON, Gwen Jun.08 1940 living
WILLIAMSON, Wallace May 15 1939 living

WRIGHT, Mary Ruth (Childers) 76  Apr.15 1925     May 09 2001    (OBIT)

*: Cathy Blankenship's body was moved to the "Blankenship Cemetery" on Bob's Branch in
 Thelma, Ky. Submitted By: Selene Blanton May 2006

**:THIS GRAVE STONE WAS PLACED THERE A FEW YEARS AGO AND ONLY HAD THE NAME ON IT WITH
 DAUGHTER INSCRIBED.
Submitted By: Selene Blanton May 2006


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ONLINE DATE: OCT.14 2002

IN FEBRUARY 2008 THIS CEMETERY WAS REDOCUMENTED, PHOTOGRAPHED
AND SUBMITTED BY: Dianna Jaynes Feb 2008