RIDGE SPRING, SC---Dorothy M. Hill Preston, 60, of Merritt Avenue, died Friday, June 29, 2001 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, July 5, 2001 at Young Second Baptist Church. Elder Gerald Haynes will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery. Mrs. Preston was a native of SALUDA COUNTY. She was the daughter of the late Willie Hill Sr. Survivors include her husband, Clarence Preston Sr; 4 daughters, Annie Lott, Tonya Preston, Stephanie Preston, & Betty Joe Preston; 5 sons, Clarence Preston, Kerry D. Preston, Curtis Preston, Keith P. Preston, & Reginald G. Preston; her mother, Josephine Hill; 3 stepchildren, Robin Anderson, Antonio Valentine, & Mona Lisa Gunter; 2 sisters, Barbara Mitchell & Brenda Martin; 5 brothers, Willie Hill Jr, Herman Hill, Curtis Hill, Nathan Hill & Joseph L. Hill. [Aiken Standard, Aiken, SC, Thursday, July 5, 2001].