JEROME PRESSON

MORLEY -- Jerome "Johnny" Presson, 80, of Morley died Monday, May 15, 1995, in Morley.

He was born June 29, 1914, to Charles and Algie Mae Carter Presson in New Madrid County.

He married Marcella M. Treese on June 13, 1992. She survives.

Other survivors include a son, David Jerome Presson of Bloomington, Ind.; two stepsons, Michael and David Smith both of Morley; three stepdaughters, Cathy Salyers of Sikeston, Shelia Sappington of Cobden, Ill., and April Farris of Jonesboro, Ill.; two sisters, Ruby Adams and Dorothy Williams, both of East Prairie; two grandchildren; seven stepgrandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

A son, three brothers and four sisters preceded him in death.

Presson was retired from a Chicago factory. He was a former Pentecostal minister and worked with the Foster Grandparents program and the New Dawn State School.

Friends may call after 9 a.m. Thursday at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.

Funeral service will be at the funeral home Thursday at 11 a.m., with the Rev. Robert Russell officiating.

Burial will be in Dogwood Cemetery.