Eugene Preston was born on January 20, 1920 in Duffau (near Hico). He was married to Wanda Cates on March 29, 1954, but the marriage ended a little more than three years later on May 29, 1957. They had no children.
We always called him Eugene, but in later years, he was known simply as Gene. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II, but most, if not all his service, was state side. I remember him being at Laredo, Texas for a long period of time. After the War, Gene worked in oil exploration. His job took him from Mexico to Canada to the Australian outback and many other places including Peru, Brazil, Libya, Egypt, Pakistan, Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines.
His high school graduation was the first graduation I ever remember attending. Loretta, his younger sister, said they fought a lot when they were growing up but drew close to one another in later life during his illness. When he retired from the relentless search for petroleum, he moved to Fort Worth. He died of lung cancer in a Glen Rose, Texas nursing home on October 17, 1994.
I especially remember that Gene and Durward, along with Pauline took the lead in getting my mother admitted to the state hospital in Galveston when her mental problems first surfaced in 1947. They were very concerned about her and did what they could to help.
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