Mrs. Florence Elizabeth Adams Preston, 84, of Jenkinsburg died late Saturday night at Westbury Medical Care Home in Jenkinsburg where she had been a resident for the past six years.
A native of Godfrey, Ga., Mrs. Preston was educated in the Morgan County schools, Georgia State College for Women in Milledgeville, and the University of Georgia. During her teaching career, she taught school in Ball Ground, Ga., Walton County, Meriwether County and Butts County.
Mrs. Preston was the widow of Will G. Preston, a teacher and former Butts County superintendent of schools, and the daughter of the late George W. Adams and Emily Sammons Adams. She was a member of the Antioch Baptist Church in Godfrey.
Survivors include one brother, Ben Adams of Godfrey; nieces and nephews, Helen Reeves of Columbia, S.C., Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Preston of Jackson, Miss Mary Jo Preston of Atlanta, Miss Margaret Preston of Flovilla, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hencley of Jackson, and Haywood Florence of Atlanta.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Haisten Funeral Home in Jackson. Rev. A. L. Price officiated, and burial was in the Sandy Creek Cemetery in Butts County.
Haisten Funeral Home of Jackson was in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were Lowell Preston, Albert Henc1ey, Clay Sanders, Marvin Pike, Harry Ridgeway and R. A. Allen.
Jackson Progress Argus
21 Apr 1982
A native of Godfrey, Ga., Mrs. Preston was educated in the Morgan County schools, Georgia State College for Women in Milledgeville, and the University of Georgia. During her teaching career, she taught school in Ball Ground, Ga., Walton County, Meriwether County and Butts County.
Mrs. Preston was the widow of Will G. Preston, a teacher and former Butts County superintendent of schools, and the daughter of the late George W. Adams and Emily Sammons Adams. She was a member of the Antioch Baptist Church in Godfrey.
Survivors include one brother, Ben Adams of Godfrey; nieces and nephews, Helen Reeves of Columbia, S.C., Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Preston of Jackson, Miss Mary Jo Preston of Atlanta, Miss Margaret Preston of Flovilla, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hencley of Jackson, and Haywood Florence of Atlanta.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Haisten Funeral Home in Jackson. Rev. A. L. Price officiated, and burial was in the Sandy Creek Cemetery in Butts County.
Haisten Funeral Home of Jackson was in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were Lowell Preston, Albert Henc1ey, Clay Sanders, Marvin Pike, Harry Ridgeway and R. A. Allen.
Jackson Progress Argus
21 Apr 1982
Mrs. Florence Elizabeth Adams Preston, 84, of Jenkinsburg died late Saturday night at Westbury Medical Care Home in Jenkinsburg where she had been a resident for the past six years.
A native of Godfrey, Ga., Mrs. Preston was educated in the Morgan County schools, Georgia State College for Women in Milledgeville, and the University of Georgia. During her teaching career, she taught school in Ball Ground, Ga., Walton County, Meriwether County and Butts County.
Mrs. Preston was the widow of Will G. Preston, a teacher and former Butts County superintendent of schools, and the daughter of the late George W. Adams and Emily Sammons Adams. She was a member of the Antioch Baptist Church in Godfrey.
Survivors include one brother, Ben Adams of Godfrey; nieces and nephews, Helen Reeves of Columbia, S.C., Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Preston of Jackson, Miss Mary Jo Preston of Atlanta, Miss Margaret Preston of Flovilla, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hencley of Jackson, and Haywood Florence of Atlanta.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Haisten Funeral Home in Jackson. Rev. A. L. Price officiated, and burial was in the Sandy Creek Cemetery in Butts County.
Haisten Funeral Home of Jackson was in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were Lowell Preston, Albert Henc1ey, Clay Sanders, Marvin Pike, Harry Ridgeway and R. A. Allen.
Jackson Progress Argus
21 Apr 1982
A native of Godfrey, Ga., Mrs. Preston was educated in the Morgan County schools, Georgia State College for Women in Milledgeville, and the University of Georgia. During her teaching career, she taught school in Ball Ground, Ga., Walton County, Meriwether County and Butts County.
Mrs. Preston was the widow of Will G. Preston, a teacher and former Butts County superintendent of schools, and the daughter of the late George W. Adams and Emily Sammons Adams. She was a member of the Antioch Baptist Church in Godfrey.
Survivors include one brother, Ben Adams of Godfrey; nieces and nephews, Helen Reeves of Columbia, S.C., Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Preston of Jackson, Miss Mary Jo Preston of Atlanta, Miss Margaret Preston of Flovilla, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hencley of Jackson, and Haywood Florence of Atlanta.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Haisten Funeral Home in Jackson. Rev. A. L. Price officiated, and burial was in the Sandy Creek Cemetery in Butts County.
Haisten Funeral Home of Jackson was in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were Lowell Preston, Albert Henc1ey, Clay Sanders, Marvin Pike, Harry Ridgeway and R. A. Allen.
Jackson Progress Argus
21 Apr 1982
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