THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

                         THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
                 Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, June 27, 1994                    TAG: 9406270013 
SECTION: LOCAL                     PAGE: B2    EDITION: FINAL  
SOURCE: CARRSVILLE 
DATELINE: 940627                                 LENGTH: Short 

EUGENE L. PRESSON

{LEAD} Eugene Lee Presson, 76, died June 26, 1994, in Southampton Memorial Hospital.

He was predeceased by his parents, John Cobb Presson and Georgia Mae Stakes. Mr. Presson was born in Isle of Wight County. He was a member of Beaver Dam Baptist Church and a former deacon. He was retired from Union Camp.

{REST} Survivors include his wife, Maude Presson of Carrsville; a daughter, Dixie Cobb of Windsor; one granddaughter, Vicki Cobb and three grandsons, Steve, Timmy and Ricky, all of Windsor; four great-grandchildren, Eric, Nathan, Brittney and Kriston Cobb, all of Windsor.

A funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Holland-Rideout Funeral Home by the Rev. Richard Peerey and Steve Bradshaw. Burial will be in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends in the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. today.

{KEYWORDS} DEATH OBITUARY

by CNB