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Submitted: 11/3/11 • Approved: 11/4/11 • Last Updated: 7/28/12 • R610708-G0-S3
Born November 29, 1860, Arkansas.
Died May 20, 1947, Stella, Izard County, Arkansas.
Son of Stokley Long & Patsy Langston Long.
Married Talitha Elizabeth "Betty" Byram, 1885.
Mason.
The Calico Rock Progress, Calico Rock, Arkansas, May 23, 1947:
William Henry Long Dies at Age of 86
William Henry Long, one of this section’s oldest and most highly respected citizens, died at the home of a son at Stella, Tuesday afternoon, following several months illness.
He came to this county as a child and spent practically all of his life in the Flat Rock vicinity, where he was engaged in farming, advanced age forced him to retire. He was a devout Christian, being a member of the Methodist Church since early in life. He was also a member of the Masonic Lodge.
Survivors include two sons, Calvin Long of Stella, Ark., and Rev. Burl N. Long of Brawley, Calif.; a daughter, Mrs. Zelma O’Neal of Portland, Oregon.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at Flat Rock church by Rev. J. H. Richardson of Melbourne, assisted by Rev. W. T. Watson of Calico Rock. Burial was in the Flat Rock cemetery with the Roller Funeral Service in charge of arrangements.
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Contributed on 11/3/11 by maxparnell
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