ERNEST RAY PRESTON
1918-1958
   
Ernest Preston Dies Saturday Of Heart Attack 
  
Funeral services were held Saturday for Ernest Ray Preston, 40,
who was found dead in his car on the Thelma road Wednesday
evening, April 30, the victim of a sudden heart attack.
  
The son of the late Cyrus and Belle Cunningham Preston, he was
born in Johnson County, April 9, 1918, and had lived at Thelka for
the past twenty-one years.  He was employed as clerk and
bookkeeper for the North East Coal Company and was a member of the
Freewill Baptist Church.
  
Survivors include his widow, Alta Lee Van Hoose Preston; one
daughter, Gwendolyn Preston, at home; one brother, James C.
Preston of this city.
  
Services were conducted at 11:00 a.m. at the Freewill Baptist
Church at Nippa with C. C. Hall as officiating minister.  Music
was by the Toms Creek Quartet.
  
Pallbearers were Mils Ratliff, Ed Castle, Arthur Castle, James
Heber Conley, Theodore Miller and Altop Kennard.
  
Burial was in the Van Hoose Cemetery at Nippa.
   
Paintsville Herald 
Wednesday 
May 7, 1958 

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