The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-07-14
LOUISA WOMAN dies
after LONG illness.
THg WIFE or Mr.. ). H, PREsToh
GOES TO HER SURE
REWARD.

xfrr Nancy HAYS Preston. wife of y.
Henry Preston. peacefully passed away
~ ,helr home on Lock -Hy.. this city last
Friaay evening about o'clock Al
,ho,tgh .Nfrs Prestons health had not
been good for years. she having been
ainoat m invalid for the past four ~
1--WE years: her death was unexpected
AZ this time. as she had been cheerful "
and seemed 10 feel as well as usual az
day. Her trouble was dropsy and heart
disease. An hour or less before her
death she had undergone an operation
Tor dropsy. such as had been necessary
every few weeks,Iateiy Amer the "p-
.erati0n she spoke of how comfortable
she WIS and how well she felt and gave
instructions 10 thoss around % serve
refreshments Il friends IN the house.
showing her thought ~ 'others % me
Iast. II was not long before she began
emotherinr and was carried - her bed
on the sleeping porch where ihe''i
came a. dnietiy ~ u she were E4irg X
sleep. No, s,ruggic nor o sEh mar =
ed the last moments y her lite
For tWo years her condition hRa ''sFfl
40 serious that it vas eHasllrrii rn-
rnarieatie that she continued 90 ASf.
Yet. she vas cheerful and i6as 4 liFeil
interest ~ ever ihinR
The funeral ,pek place suha at.Hr
noon. Jlls 9fh. az ihg Residence fi4n-
drsds K friends paid 3 huai trl4ate With
their 1rsence. thf.r tears aa4 r0N"rs
The haaea. the hrss parch md n"
yard : ert Tilted witsi fsuowng aaighs
bora. The services w-fe dauasctri pE
airH rreston's pastor Res T. Me-
E.4dowray. assisted hs Hcw x L trw
LETT and s. r. Y6uuE Mr ncEti1Wa
eys fgihats 10 the deeraaed vas b-ib
fifii aud touching ifsr christianity
y,as uf a type and degree that justified
the stroag endorsement given ~ the
pastor v ho had often ruiuiEerrd % her
al the BEDSIDE s0nEs which Rhe had
selected fhr the occasion were beAuti :
fully sung BY the choir.
The fuferment On F4ne Hiii took place
Immediately after the conclusion ~
the services az the residence Auto
mobiles carried considerable numteE
81 friends 10 the cemetery. The paLl
bearers we're Dr. 7. u. Burgess. 4, o
Carter. a. ~ Hughes. N. = Burns
A. L. Burton and ~ r. Cpnlcy
Mrs. Preston was born March =. 1865
being 81 years old Al her death, she
was married Dec. II. iss4 Her faith
er was John Hays. ~ Charley. one q
the csunty's wealthleat citizens Mr
and Mrs. Preston moved - Louisa
about 1853. Three daughters @ert
born 70 them. Ella. tseBlah and Eliza
beth. The two older gnes died % ine.r
2ist year. and Elizabeth died several
years ago af the Hge ~ twelve. lsavins
the parents chlidless The ciii'z--- 'n
were victims of tuberculosis The pa
rents took them ~ climates mere m
yorahle than this the herc ~ elect
inE cure. bat it vas al ia ytlr.
The dafes Il the burial y TIE tire.
daughters we're Elizabeth rtcCrmrei
=, iss1 Ella. November -. 1876 and
Beplah, May ! 1908.
Mrs Preston had been a member ~
the n. r. Church S6uth f0F HaFs tnar
sixteen years Her devotion % me
church was unusual ard more de-
won't christian can net be found she
was futsrrHfed in every phase y re-
iiEious wark The subject ~ tho mes.
building 70 be erected ~ her church
vas one - Intense Interest ~ io th,
hour ~ her death. often she express
Cd a hope that she might live o. wor.
ship IN the new structure. she and
her thof6urhiy christian husband werl
among the LARGEST tuntr1bniors 81 th.
building fund and also g The supper
of the ministry Mrs Preston hai n0'
been aflle - attend church services ~
more fhan a year. The last tue sh.
was out iri town was during the christ
mas holidays. when she Wis taken Dul
n a wheel chair.
Mrs. Preston was devoted wife ans
loving moihsf. gentle ard kind 10 all
Y Her good htlshand cared for her mos
tenderiy during her long Illness 4
trained nurse was kept with her for
year Or more. Mr Preston was ia fni
sympathy with her work at aIl timhs
To him there goes out the mos Drn
found sympathy
Among those who were called her,
by the death of Mrs j. n. Preston wsr,
the following relatives.
1iessrs. LAfe Hays. Green Hays. Jno
Hays and Major Hays. and Miss Ethe
HAYS. OF Charley. brothers and nlec,
OF AIRS Preston: Mrs. Mary :. Ward
of Paintsville. and Mrs. Lizzie Staple.
ton. of River. sisters Of Mr. Preston
Messrs. Cyrus Preston. of ThealSa. I'd
Preston. OF Thelma. and r. T. Preston
OF Iackey. half brothers ~ Mr. Pres
ton. AIR. and Airs, sam Spears. % Riv-
er. Mr.. Dan Wheeler. of Paintsvslie Mr.
Lafe Ward. of Williamson. W va. an,
DIT and Airs. J. r. Hatten. ~ Buch
anan- Others from Charley started ia
automobiles sunday, but We're DELAY
ed and did not reach here.