Dr. T. R. Preston
RURAL DOCTOR PASSES THURSDAY OF PNEUMONIA
RITES HELD SATURDAY FOR DR. T. R. PRESTON
Dr. T. R. Preston, 77, one of the county's outstanding physicians, died in a local hospital at 8:10 a.m., Thursday, February 28, of pneumonia following an illness of two weeks.
The son of the late Dr. J. M. and Mary Lemaster Preston, he was born in Johnson County January 25, 1880. He had a license to practice in four states, Oklahoma, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Kentucky. He had lived at Lowmansville for the past twenty-four years where he was beloved and respected as a devoted public servant ministering to the ills of the people.He was married at Nippa May 25, 1905 to Della Daniel, who preceded him in death October 31, 1942
He is survived by one daughter, Ollie Gresham, Lowmansville, a teacher in the Nancy Castle School, and one brother, J. L. Preston of Turner Branch.Funeral services were conducted at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 2, from the Georges Creek United Baptist Church with the Revs. Charles Hackney, Mitchell Grim, Foster Grim and John C. Green as officiating ministers.
Burial was in the Preston Cemetery at Lowmansville under the direction of the Preston Funeral Home.
Footnote: T. R. Preston's name is Theodore R. Preston
J. M. Preston's name is James M. Preston
J. L. Preston's name is J. Langley Preston
Della Daniel is dau of Joseph Daniel and Sarah Ann Helton
Paintsville Herald
February, 1957