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Submitted: 10/18/10 • Approved: 11/17/21 • Last Updated: 11/20/21 • R394187-G394187-S3
February 20, 1861 - May 16, 1953
Sister of Mrs Rainwater and member of SMA
Buried with Louisiana Troops
*Obituary
Northwest Arkansas Times
Monday, May 18, 1953
PRESTON, Joanna Magnolia - Mrs. Joanna Magnolia Preston, 92, died at her residence, 116 South Church Street, Saturday evening at 6:30 o'clock. She was born at Knoxville, Tennessee February 20, 1861, the daughter of Preston J. Lea and Mary Peck Lea, and was one of 16 children. She was the widow of the late Charles L. Preston, who died in 1921. They were married March 5, 1900. Mrs. Preston was a member of the Presbyterian Church. She is survived by one brother, Samuel J. Lea of Los Angeles, California.
Funeral services were conducted this morning at 11 o'clock in the First Presbyterian Church by the pastor, the Rev. W.R. Knox. Burial was in the Confederate cemetery under the direction of Watson's Mortuary.
Contributed on 10/18/10 by tslundberg
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