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][6]
She was born in Mathiston, Mississippi,[4] She graduated from Blue Mountain College in 1938.[5] She was a schoolteacher.[4]
References edit
- ^ Women State and Territorial Legislators by Elizabeth M. Cox page 167
- ^ "Orene Farese Obituary (2010) - Ashland, MS - Clarion Ledger". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
- ^ Farese, Orene E. (October 30, 1998). "An Oral History with Orene E. Farese" – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c https://egrove.olemiss.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=sta_leghb
- ^ a b Congress, United States (November 2, 2010). "Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
- ^ "Who's who in the South and Southwest". Marquis Who's Who. November 2, 1963 – via Google Books.