SHELDON PAUL PREECE AGE 51 OF LOUISA, KY. PASSED AWAY THURSDAY JANUARY 1, 2004 AT THE MARKEY CANCER CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY SURROUNDED BY HIS LOVING WIFE AND DEVOTED FAMILY MEMBERS.
SHELDON WAS BORN AUGUST 16, 1952 IN LOUISA, KY. A SON OF HELEN PREECE AND THE LATE HIRAM Z. PREECE. SHELDON WAS A 1969 GRADUATE OF HOWELL HIGH IN HOWELL, MICHIGAN. HE SERVED AS AN E4 IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY FOR TWO YEARS, AND WAS A HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC AND A MEMBER OF THE LOCAL 132 INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS.
IN ADDITION TO HIS MOTHER, HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, SHARON I. PREECE OF LOUISA, KY.
A STEP DAUGHTER, JAMIE LEMASTER OF LOUISA, KY.
5 BROTHERS: ARNOLD AND WIFE MARY PREECE OF FREEPORT, MICHIGAN, HIRAM AND WIFE LINDA PREECE OF HOWELL, MICHIGAN, JOHN AND WIFE BARBARA PREECE AND LESLIE AND WIFE LINDA ALL OF LOUISA, KY.
AND ROBERT PREECE OF LEXINGTON, KY.
7 NEPHEWS 8 NIECES
9 GREAT NEPHEWS AND 6 GREAT NIECES
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED ON SUNDAY JANUARY 4TH AT 2:00 PM AT WILSON FUNERAL HOME BY REV. JAMES OSBORNE. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW IN THE PREECE MEMORIAL GARDENS AT LOUISA, KY.
MILITARY GRAVESIDE RITES WILL BE CONDUCTED BY MEMBERS OF THE W.O. JOHNSON AMERICAN LEGION POST 89 AND VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS POST 6103.
FRIENDS MAY CALL AFTER 1:00 PM SATURDAY AT WILSON FUNERAL HOME.