DELLA PRESTON
1942
   
Death Claims Mrs. Preston October 31 1942
       
Wife of County Doctor Succumbs To Tuberculosis
    
Della Preston, age 59, one of the county’s most prominent
women died at her home at Lowmansville October 31.  She had
been ill for two years from tuberculosis.
  
Her husband, Dr. Theodore R. Preston, survives, in addition
to one daughter, Mrs. Ollie Gresham, and the following
brothers and sisters; John R. Daniel, Stambaugh; Milt
Daniel, Nippa; Arthro Daniel, Sitka; Mrs. Minnie Brown,
Volga; Mrs. Julia Arrowood, Van Lear; Mrs. Martha Grim,
Stambaugh, and Mrs. Jennie Saddler, Nippa.
  
She was a member of the Eastern Star, of Weleetka, Okla.
  
Funeral services were held Sunday evening at the Old Georges
Creek Church at Lowmansville. Reverends Caldwell, Hackworth
and Grim officiated.
  
Funeral arrangements were directed by Guy W. Preston, of the
Preston Funeral Home.  Mr. Preston and Dr. Preston are
brothers.
  
A large crowd attended the funeral and burial.
    
Paintsville Herald
Thursday
11-5-1942
     
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