Daughter of William Dawson and Julia Castle. Wife of Henry Preston. Mother of Homer, Irene, Clarence, and Maxine Preston. Cause of death was listed as stomach cancer.
PRESTON, Stella Etta
1930
"WELL-KNOWN PAINTSVILLE WOMAN SUCCUMBS AFTER 2 YEARS ILLNESS FROM CANCER OF STOMACH" Mrs. Stella Etta Preston, wife of Henry Preston, passed away last Wednesday evening Feb. 26, at her home in Bridgeford Addition, Paintsville, Ky. She had been in ill health for the last two years and had spent the last few weeks of her life in the Paintsville Hospital. Her illness was not thought to be very serious until the last few weeks of her life on this earth. At the last moment when she became worse, the doctors pronounced her case as cancer of the stomach, which in itself is a certain dragon of death. Mrs. Preston was born in Johnson County in 1881 and lived in the state of Kentucky since birth. Twenty-nine years ago she committed herself in the Christian way of living and has striven throughout her 48 years of living to uphold her Christian ideals. She served her God through the medium of the Baptist Church and was a woman of high standards of living. She was a real companion to her husband, sharing both happiness and misfortune together throughout their 31 years of married life. She manifested a great love for her children, as only a mother of children can do. Her children, in return, showed as great a love for her and must feel that they have lost their dearest friend. Her friends have always spoken highly of her as a mother, a Christian and as a friend. A self-sacrificed woman for the betterment of her home and community. In her passing, she leaves a host of friends and relatives. She is the mother of a family of five boys and three girls, who grieve her passing. But kn??? ?????? to that beautiful ?????? heaven. She leaves sons, Hom???? in Toledo, O., J. Re??? Chicago, Ill.; Forest B., Ashland, Ky.; and a daughter, Lena Elizabeth Mellon, Prestonsburg, Ky., while sons Clarence, Cecil, a daughter Irene Lillian and her husband Henry reside in Paintsville, Ky. The Rev. Winifred Meeks conducted the funeral services at 2:00 P.M. Friday, Feb. 28, at the Baptist Church in Paintsville, Ky. After the funeral services, she was laid to rest in the Mayo Cemetery. PAINTSVILLE HERALD THURSDAY MAR. 6, 1930.
PRESTON, Stella Etta
1930
"WELL-KNOWN PAINTSVILLE WOMAN SUCCUMBS AFTER 2 YEARS ILLNESS FROM CANCER OF STOMACH" Mrs. Stella Etta Preston, wife of Henry Preston, passed away last Wednesday evening Feb. 26, at her home in Bridgeford Addition, Paintsville, Ky. She had been in ill health for the last two years and had spent the last few weeks of her life in the Paintsville Hospital. Her illness was not thought to be very serious until the last few weeks of her life on this earth. At the last moment when she became worse, the doctors pronounced her case as cancer of the stomach, which in itself is a certain dragon of death. Mrs. Preston was born in Johnson County in 1881 and lived in the state of Kentucky since birth. Twenty-nine years ago she committed herself in the Christian way of living and has striven throughout her 48 years of living to uphold her Christian ideals. She served her God through the medium of the Baptist Church and was a woman of high standards of living. She was a real companion to her husband, sharing both happiness and misfortune together throughout their 31 years of married life. She manifested a great love for her children, as only a mother of children can do. Her children, in return, showed as great a love for her and must feel that they have lost their dearest friend. Her friends have always spoken highly of her as a mother, a Christian and as a friend. A self-sacrificed woman for the betterment of her home and community. In her passing, she leaves a host of friends and relatives. She is the mother of a family of five boys and three girls, who grieve her passing. But kn??? ?????? to that beautiful ?????? heaven. She leaves sons, Hom???? in Toledo, O., J. Re??? Chicago, Ill.; Forest B., Ashland, Ky.; and a daughter, Lena Elizabeth Mellon, Prestonsburg, Ky., while sons Clarence, Cecil, a daughter Irene Lillian and her husband Henry reside in Paintsville, Ky. The Rev. Winifred Meeks conducted the funeral services at 2:00 P.M. Friday, Feb. 28, at the Baptist Church in Paintsville, Ky. After the funeral services, she was laid to rest in the Mayo Cemetery. PAINTSVILLE HERALD THURSDAY MAR. 6, 1930.
Daughter of William Dawson and Julia Castle. Wife of Henry Preston. Mother of Homer, Irene, Clarence, and Maxine Preston. Cause of death was listed as stomach cancer.
PRESTON, Stella Etta
1930
"WELL-KNOWN PAINTSVILLE WOMAN SUCCUMBS AFTER 2 YEARS ILLNESS FROM CANCER OF STOMACH" Mrs. Stella Etta Preston, wife of Henry Preston, passed away last Wednesday evening Feb. 26, at her home in Bridgeford Addition, Paintsville, Ky. She had been in ill health for the last two years and had spent the last few weeks of her life in the Paintsville Hospital. Her illness was not thought to be very serious until the last few weeks of her life on this earth. At the last moment when she became worse, the doctors pronounced her case as cancer of the stomach, which in itself is a certain dragon of death. Mrs. Preston was born in Johnson County in 1881 and lived in the state of Kentucky since birth. Twenty-nine years ago she committed herself in the Christian way of living and has striven throughout her 48 years of living to uphold her Christian ideals. She served her God through the medium of the Baptist Church and was a woman of high standards of living. She was a real companion to her husband, sharing both happiness and misfortune together throughout their 31 years of married life. She manifested a great love for her children, as only a mother of children can do. Her children, in return, showed as great a love for her and must feel that they have lost their dearest friend. Her friends have always spoken highly of her as a mother, a Christian and as a friend. A self-sacrificed woman for the betterment of her home and community. In her passing, she leaves a host of friends and relatives. She is the mother of a family of five boys and three girls, who grieve her passing. But kn??? ?????? to that beautiful ?????? heaven. She leaves sons, Hom???? in Toledo, O., J. Re??? Chicago, Ill.; Forest B., Ashland, Ky.; and a daughter, Lena Elizabeth Mellon, Prestonsburg, Ky., while sons Clarence, Cecil, a daughter Irene Lillian and her husband Henry reside in Paintsville, Ky. The Rev. Winifred Meeks conducted the funeral services at 2:00 P.M. Friday, Feb. 28, at the Baptist Church in Paintsville, Ky. After the funeral services, she was laid to rest in the Mayo Cemetery. PAINTSVILLE HERALD THURSDAY MAR. 6, 1930.
PRESTON, Stella Etta
1930
"WELL-KNOWN PAINTSVILLE WOMAN SUCCUMBS AFTER 2 YEARS ILLNESS FROM CANCER OF STOMACH" Mrs. Stella Etta Preston, wife of Henry Preston, passed away last Wednesday evening Feb. 26, at her home in Bridgeford Addition, Paintsville, Ky. She had been in ill health for the last two years and had spent the last few weeks of her life in the Paintsville Hospital. Her illness was not thought to be very serious until the last few weeks of her life on this earth. At the last moment when she became worse, the doctors pronounced her case as cancer of the stomach, which in itself is a certain dragon of death. Mrs. Preston was born in Johnson County in 1881 and lived in the state of Kentucky since birth. Twenty-nine years ago she committed herself in the Christian way of living and has striven throughout her 48 years of living to uphold her Christian ideals. She served her God through the medium of the Baptist Church and was a woman of high standards of living. She was a real companion to her husband, sharing both happiness and misfortune together throughout their 31 years of married life. She manifested a great love for her children, as only a mother of children can do. Her children, in return, showed as great a love for her and must feel that they have lost their dearest friend. Her friends have always spoken highly of her as a mother, a Christian and as a friend. A self-sacrificed woman for the betterment of her home and community. In her passing, she leaves a host of friends and relatives. She is the mother of a family of five boys and three girls, who grieve her passing. But kn??? ?????? to that beautiful ?????? heaven. She leaves sons, Hom???? in Toledo, O., J. Re??? Chicago, Ill.; Forest B., Ashland, Ky.; and a daughter, Lena Elizabeth Mellon, Prestonsburg, Ky., while sons Clarence, Cecil, a daughter Irene Lillian and her husband Henry reside in Paintsville, Ky. The Rev. Winifred Meeks conducted the funeral services at 2:00 P.M. Friday, Feb. 28, at the Baptist Church in Paintsville, Ky. After the funeral services, she was laid to rest in the Mayo Cemetery. PAINTSVILLE HERALD THURSDAY MAR. 6, 1930.
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