PRESTON - If the road to heaven is paved with pies, dinner rolls, meals for senior citizens and people low on funds, Carol Parker has a free ticket through the pearly gates.

For more than 30 years she’s been cooking meals at the Franklin County Community/Senior Center located at 64 W. 1 st South in Preston. People can come into the center and get a meal two or three times a week.

For people under 60 years old they charge $8, for people over 60 there is a suggested donation of $7.

Parker's granddaughters Angel and Bailey Hess are a big part of the operation and took over for Carol while she was recuperating from some surgeries. There are also a host of volunteers who come to help serve the meals daily.

There is a table set up where people who come in for a meal can find free canned go

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