Extracted from The Hattiesburg American (Hattiesburg, MS)
Tuesday, June 28, 1994

MRS. LENA VESTA REBECCA “BECKY” PRESTON

Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. at Moore Chapel in Wiggins for Mrs. Lena Vesta Rebecca “Becky” Preston, 81, of Hattiesburg who died June 27, 1994 at the Riley Hospital in Meridian, MS. The Rev. Grady Parker and Rev. Buddy Petty will officiate. Interment will be in the Big Level Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Jack Herrin, Arlin Terry, Gerald Preston, Kevin Preston, Bob Wilkerson and Carl Breland.

Mrs. Preston is survived by her sister Ottie Simmons Hammond of Louin, MS; a brother Leondias Simmons of Brandon, MS; a number of nieces and nephews including Jane O'Dell Terry of Meridian, MS; and Doris Ruth Herrin of Hattiesburg, MS; she was preceded in death by her husband Quinnie Batson Preston.

Visitation will be tonight from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Moore Funeral Home Chapel in Wiggins who is in charge of arrangements.