Orene Farese

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{{Cite web |title=Orene Farese Obituary (2010) - Ashland, MS - Clarion Ledger |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/clarionledger/name/orene-farese-obituary?id=23445528 |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=Legacy.com}} In 1998 she gave an oral history interview.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GIzutgAACAAJ|title=An Oral History with Orene E. Farese|first=Orene E.|last=Farese|date=October 30, 1998|via=Google Books}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DUmejn_GtPQC&q=steven+ellis+farese|title=Who's who in the South and Southwest|date=November 2, 1963|publisher=Marquis Who's Who|via=Google Books}}

She was born in Mathiston, Mississippi, She graduated from Blue Mountain College in 1938.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sZxpbLO7FZIC&dq=steven+ellis+farese&pg=PA6074|title=Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress|first=United States|last=Congress|date=November 2, 2010|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|via=Google Books}} She was a schoolteacher.