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Submitted: 2/9/17 • Approved: 2/11/17 • Last Updated: 3/25/18 • R149948-G0-S3
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS US Army
World War II
November 11, 1921 - January 8, 2010
Bronze Star Medal
James S. "Jimmy" Long, 88, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and uncle, born November 10, 1921 in Ranger, TX, Passed away Friday, January 8, 2010, at Glenwood Regional Medical Center after a lengthy illness.
Visitation will be Sunday January 10th at Griffin Funeral Home, in West Monroe from 6-8 p.m. The Service will be held at Griffin Funeral Home Monday January 11th at 2:00p.m. Interment will be at Serenity Gardens Cemetery, West Monroe. Brother Larry Linson and Brother Rusty Grant will be officiating. Jimmy retired from Manville Forestry Research Division in 1986. He was a veteran of WWII, the 100th Infantry, and 397th Battalion.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Frank W. Long and Elma Lotz Long; Brother Perry A. Long; and granddaughter Lisa Long Grigson.
He is Survived by his loving wife of 70 years, Margaret Brasher Long; sons Bill Long and wife Janis, of El Dorado, Ark, and Larry Long and wife, Annette, of West Monroe, La.; grandsons: Jim Long, Saginaw, MI (Fiancé, Sandra Lutz); Robert Long, of Hendersonville, TN and Fiancé Lisa Malloy, Doug Long and wife Laura of Cullman, AL.; granddaughter Janna Allen of Mansfield, TX.; six great grandsons; one great granddaughter; one great-great grandson, and one great -great granddaughter (Due in January, 2010).
He is also survived by three nieces, two nephews and several great nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be his Grandsons, Jim Long, Robert Long, Doug Long, and Grandsons-in-laws, John Allen, Sam Aiken and Jerry Grigson.
Honorary Pallbearers will be Harold Kiersey, Dr. William Smith, Fred Fontenot, and Willie Davis.
Contributed on 2/9/17 by debbraszymanski
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