Charleston - Earl Eugene Presson, 79 years old, of Charleston, died Sunday in a Sikeston hospital following an extended illness.
He was born July 3, 1891, in Mississippi County, where he had lived his entire life, and had been a farmer until his retirement in 1965. On Dec. 15, 1912, he was married to the former Miss Irene Jackson, who survives.
Other survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Manford Cox; two half brothers, Rolfe Presson and Atlee Presson; a stepbrother, Aaron Fairhurst; two sisters, Mrs. C. W. Nicholson and Mrs. Frank Smith; a stepsister, Mrs. Edith Lanksford; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at the New Bethel Baptist Church where he was a member. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Charleston.
Southeast Missourian
Earl was the son of Samuel Atlee Presson and Lou Blanford, husband of Irene Jackson.
He was born July 3, 1891, in Mississippi County, where he had lived his entire life, and had been a farmer until his retirement in 1965. On Dec. 15, 1912, he was married to the former Miss Irene Jackson, who survives.
Other survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Manford Cox; two half brothers, Rolfe Presson and Atlee Presson; a stepbrother, Aaron Fairhurst; two sisters, Mrs. C. W. Nicholson and Mrs. Frank Smith; a stepsister, Mrs. Edith Lanksford; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at the New Bethel Baptist Church where he was a member. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Charleston.
Southeast Missourian
Earl was the son of Samuel Atlee Presson and Lou Blanford, husband of Irene Jackson.
Charleston - Earl Eugene Presson, 79 years old, of Charleston, died Sunday in a Sikeston hospital following an extended illness.
He was born July 3, 1891, in Mississippi County, where he had lived his entire life, and had been a farmer until his retirement in 1965. On Dec. 15, 1912, he was married to the former Miss Irene Jackson, who survives.
Other survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Manford Cox; two half brothers, Rolfe Presson and Atlee Presson; a stepbrother, Aaron Fairhurst; two sisters, Mrs. C. W. Nicholson and Mrs. Frank Smith; a stepsister, Mrs. Edith Lanksford; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at the New Bethel Baptist Church where he was a member. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Charleston.
Southeast Missourian
Earl was the son of Samuel Atlee Presson and Lou Blanford, husband of Irene Jackson.
He was born July 3, 1891, in Mississippi County, where he had lived his entire life, and had been a farmer until his retirement in 1965. On Dec. 15, 1912, he was married to the former Miss Irene Jackson, who survives.
Other survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Manford Cox; two half brothers, Rolfe Presson and Atlee Presson; a stepbrother, Aaron Fairhurst; two sisters, Mrs. C. W. Nicholson and Mrs. Frank Smith; a stepsister, Mrs. Edith Lanksford; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at the New Bethel Baptist Church where he was a member. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Charleston.
Southeast Missourian
Earl was the son of Samuel Atlee Presson and Lou Blanford, husband of Irene Jackson.
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