Loretta Preston

Services for Carmen Loretta Preston, 87, of Brownfield will be at 10:30 am, Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at Brownfield First Baptist Church Chapel with Rev. Randy Land officiating. Burial will follow in Terry County Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Brownfield Funeral Home.

Loretta passed away Sunday, September 27, 2009 in Brownfield. She was born March 16, 1922 in Wellington, Texas to Claude M. and Eunice Jewell Blandford. Loretta graduated from Wellington High School in 1940 and from Kansas City School of Beauty Culture in 1941. Loretta married Ernest Everett "Dutch" Preston on October 6, 1941 in Kansas City, MO. He preceded her in death Jan. 9, 1997. She worked as a beautician and waitress during WWII traveling whenever possible along with her husband from military post to post until his assignment overseas. After the war they settled in Spearman and later moved to Brownfield in 1951. She was a homemaker during those early years in Brownfield while raising her family. She served in many offices of the PTA. She joined Delphian Study Club, Rebekah Lodge and served with the American Cancer Society. In 1967 she began LVN training and graduated in 1968. She worked at Hope/Smith Medical Clinic for many years. She was a long time member of First Baptist Church. She is also preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Cheryl Haley; a brother, C.L. Blandford; 4 sisters, Neva, Polly, Joy and Janis.

Loretta is survived by a son, David Preston and wife Ruby of Amarillo; 2 daughters, Peggy Shrimpton and husband Russell of Brownfield and Darla Phillips and husband Larry of Taos, NM; 9 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.