Orene Farese Explained
Orene Ellis Farese (May 20, 1916 - April 10, 2010) served in the Mississippi Senate. A Democrat, she served in 1956 and 1958. She lived in Ashland and represented Benton County.[1] [2] In 1998 she gave an oral history interview.[3] Her husband, lawyer John B. Farese, was also a state legislator.[4] They had four children.[5]
She was born in Mathiston, Mississippi,[4] She graduated from Blue Mountain College in 1938.[6] She was a schoolteacher.[4]
Notes and References
- Women State and Territorial Legislators by Elizabeth M. Cox page 167
- Web site: Orene Farese Obituary (2010) - Ashland, MS - Clarion Ledger . 2023-10-30 . Legacy.com.
- Web site: An Oral History with Orene E. Farese. Orene E.. Farese. October 30, 1998. Google Books.
- https://egrove.olemiss.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=sta_leghb
- Web site: Who's who in the South and Southwest. November 2, 1963. Marquis Who's Who. Google Books.
- Web site: Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress. United States. Congress. November 2, 2010. U.S. Government Printing Office. Google Books.