Roy Edward Gresham

donated by. Betty J. Music Daniel

    Retired mechanic Roy Edward Gresham, 62, died Friday, July 4, of a heart attack. Mrs. Gresham had been ill for several years. Born in Beulah, Missouri on September 3, 1906, he was the son of the late Edward E. and Rose Case Gresham. He was a resident of Paintsville at the  time of his death, and had lived at Lowmansville for 30 years. He was affiliated with the Missionary Baptist Church.

    His wife, the former Ollie Preston, whom he married in January of 1927 in Suppula, OK., preceded him in death on February 25, 1969. Surviving is one son, Dr. John D. Gresham of Seminole, OK.

Funeral services were conducted on Tuesday, July 8 in the chapel of the Preston Funeral Home with the Rev. James Wallace officiating. Interment followed in the Preston Cemetery at Lowmansville under the direction of the Preston Funeral Home.