JAMES HEBER PRESTON
1921-2002
  
JOHNSON COUNTY
  
James Heber Preston, 81, of Wittensville, died Friday,
Sept.27 2002.
  
Born Sept. 6, 1921, in Johnson County, a son of the late
J. Langley and Dolla Dixon Preston, he was a miner and a
member of Toms Creek Freewill Baptist Church and a WWII
veteran.
  
Survivors include his wife, Floine Williams Preston of
Wittensville; a son, James Heber Preston of Evansville,
Ind.; a daughter, Paulette Preston of Lexington; five
sisters, Iva Bailey and Mary Lusk, both of Ashland, Herma
Lee Lemaster of Lexington, Dixie VanHoose of Paintsville,
and Erie Brown of Wittensville; four grandchildren; and
three great-grandchildren.
  
Funeral services were Monday, Sept. 30, at Toms Creek
Freewill Baptist Church with Revs. J. K. Caudill and John
P. Salyers officiating.
  
Burial will be in Dixon Cemetery, Wittensville, under
direction of Preston Funeral Home, Paintsville.
     

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