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Donald Ray Preston 1945–2017 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 December 1945

Birth Location: Priceville, Morgan, Alabama, USA

Death Date: 28 December 2017

Death Location: Linden, Perry, Tennessee

Father: Emmett Preston

Mother: Tommie Mefford

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Donald Ray Preston was born in 1945 in Priceville, Morgan, Alabama, USA, the child of Emmett Riley Preston And Tommie Virginia Mefford. In 1950, Donald Ray Preston resided in Shelby, Tennessee, USA. Donald Ray Preston passed away in 2017 in Linden, Perry, Tennessee.

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Biography

  • Donald Ray Preston was born in 1945 in Priceville, Morgan, Alabama, USA, the child of Emmett Riley Preston And Tommie Virginia Mefford.
  • In 1950, Donald Ray Preston resided in Shelby, Tennessee, USA.
  • Donald Ray Preston passed away in 2017 in Linden, Perry, Tennessee.

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Donald Preston's Ancestors

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Donald Preston
1945–2017
Birth Place: Priceville, Morgan, Alabama, USA
Parents
Emmett Riley Preston
1907–1950
, Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, USA
Tommie (Virginia) Mefford
1914–2002
Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, USA
Grandparents
Arthur (L) Preston
1883–
Madison County, Alabama
Nancy Jane
1886–
Great-Grandparents
William Jr.
1845–1922
Louvina May
1848–1924
William Hill
1848–1897
Frances Hill
1840–1929
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Priscilla Meleroskey
1809–1880
John May
1805–1880
Martha Evans
1815–1881
Calvin Hill
1819–1884
Lucinda Moore
1820–1905
Michael Selvidge
1807–1868
Nancy Snow
1811–1867

Donald Preston's Timeline

3 Records

1945
8 December 1945
Birth of Donald Ray Preston in Priceville, Morgan, Alabama, USA
Priceville, Morgan, Alabama, USA
1950
1950
Age 5
Donald Ray Preston resided here in Shelby, Tennessee, USA
Shelby, Tennessee, USA
2017
28 December 2017
Age 72
Death of Donald Ray Preston in Linden, Perry, Tennessee
Linden, Perry, Tennessee

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 December 1945
    Event Place: Priceville, Morgan, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Shelby, Tennessee; Roll: 3664; Page: 44; Enumeration District: 79-71

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1950
    Event Place: Shelby, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Shelby, Tennessee; Roll: 3664; Page: 44; Enumeration District: 79-71

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 December 2017
    Event Place: Linden, Perry, Tennessee

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