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.Women State and Territorial Legislators by Elizabeth M. Cox page 167 In 1998 she gave an oral history interview. Her husband, lawyer John B. Farese, was also a state legislator.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=sta_leghb They had four children.
She was born in Mathiston, Mississippi, She graduated from Blue Mountain College in 1938. She was a schoolteacher.
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