There are seven male babies who have been given the name of William Bowker Preston. "Booker" or "Book" as he was often called, was the third boy child christened "William Bowker Preston," so throughout his life he signed his name, "William Bowker Preston, III." He was born on the 2 day of August, 1887 in ____________ to William Bowker Preston, Jr. and Catherine Dollinger Preston. His life of seventy-three years, that ended five days after the New Year's celebration of 1960, was marked with service to his country and his fellow men.