OBIT: PRESTON, John, 27 April 1942, Whitley & McCreary Co. KY
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2003
Submitted by Mary Lou Hudson
Registry http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00005.html#0001143

The Whitley Republican, Thursday, April 30, 1942
Williamsburg, KY

Former Miner Dies At Home in Packard

John Preston, 70, retired coal miner, died Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
at his home at Packard.  He was in the employ of the   Packard Coal Company
for 35 years.

Survivors include a son, Pascal Preston; two nephews, Theodore Wallace and
Raymond Wallace; a niece, Mabel Wallace.

Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Packard
Baptist Church, with Rev. Preston Gordon conducting.

Interment was in the Polly Cemetery by the Pennington Funeral Home of
Williamsburg.
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