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. In 1998 she gave an oral history interview. Her husband, lawyer John B. Farese, was also a state legislator. They had four children.
She was born in Mathiston, Mississippi, She graduated from Blue Mountain College in 1938. She was a schoolteacher.
References
- 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.
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