CLEO YVONNE PRESTON, BORN ON DECEMBER 1, 1937 IN BALTIMORE
MARYLAND TO THE LATE ELIZABETH AND JAMES HILL, DEPARTED THIS
LIFE ON FEBRUARY 11,2018 AT THE FUTURE CARE NURSING CENTER
(SANDTOWN) FOLLOWING A SHORT ILLNESS.

CYNNE, AS SHE WAS AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN, WAS BAPTIZED AT AN
EARLY AGE UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF REVEREND GEORGE CRAWLEY
SR. SHE WAS EDUCATED IN THE BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL
SYSTEM DURING HER FORMAL YEARS; AND LATER, IN 1980, RECEIVED
HER GED.

SHE WAS MARRIED TO HER LATE HUSBAND VERN ELL PRESTON FOR 40
YEARS UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 2008.

CYNNE WAS EMPLOYED AS A NANNY FOR FIVE YEARS PRIOR TO
BECOMING A NURSES' ASSISTANT FOR THE SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME
FOR 10 YEARS UNTIL HER HEALTH LED TO AN EARLY RETIREMENT.

HER MAIN ENJOYMENT WAS TO LISTEN TO GOSPEL MUSIC AND TALKING
ON THE PHONE TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY; MAINLY HER NIECE (Liz),
NEPHEW (DoODlE) AND A FAVORITE COUSIN, RABBIT (BEULAH HAYES).

CYNNE WAS THE YOUNGEST OF FOUR SIBLINGS: CATHERINE, MICKEY,
SONNY, AND BILL MILLS; ALL WHO PRECEDED HER IN DEATH.

SHE WILL SURELY BE MISSED BY ALL WHO CAME IN CONTACT WITH HER
GENEROUS SOUL.

SHE LEAVES BEHIND A DAUGHTER, RHONDA PAGE; HER SIGNIFICANT
OTHER, WILLIAM CEPHAS; AND ONE GRANDCHILD, TANYA PRESTON.
SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH IN 2016 BY HER ONE SON, TYRONE
PRESTON.

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