Ollie Preston Gresham

donated by  Betty J. Music Daniel  

OLLIE P. GRESHAM OF LOWMANSVILLE DIES FEBRUARY 25

    Services were held February 27 in the chapel of the Preston Funeral Home for Ollie Preston Gresham, 62, of Lowmansville. Mrs. Gresham succumbed February 25 at the Paintsville Hospital.

    The daughter of Dr. T. R. Preston and Della Daniels Preston, she was born in 1906 at Nippa. She had been a resident of Lowmansville for the past 31 years and was a  member of the Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Gresham had taught school for 37 years prior to her death. Her husband, Roy Gresham, to whom she was married in 1927, survives.

    Rev. James Wallace officiated at the February 27 services. Burial followed in the Preston Cemetery at Lowmansville. The Preston Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Footnote: Birthdate was Dec 4, 1906

Ollie taught at Nancy Castle Memorial School when I went to school there in 1955.