Biography of Fletcher Long Sr, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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Distinguished in military service, law profession and politics. State Senator
Fletcher Long, Sr., Forrest City attorney of law, has already achieved much in
relatively young but intensely active public life. He graduated from Augusta
High School and in 1941 received his L. L. B. Degree from the Univ. of Arkansas
School of Law. On Sept. 21, 1941, he married Miss Peggy McCulloch, daughter of
Mr. & Mrs. Richard McCulloch, Sr., of Forrest City. He maintained his newly
opened law office in Augusta until Aug. 1942, when he joined the U. S. Marine
Corps, 4th Marine Division, and he saw action in the Kwajalein Atoll, Saipan,
Tinian and Iwo Jima campaigns, entering as a private, and being discharged in
Feb. 1946 as a First Lieutenant, Company Commander. He was highly decorated
with, the Silver Star for action in Iwo Jima; Purple Heart with Gold Star;
Presidential Unit Citation twice; and the Secretary of Navy Citation. After
discharge, he opened his law practice in Forrest City in March 1946. In 1947, he
was appointed Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for St. Francis County, a position he
still holds. He is a member of the Lions Club, King-Beazley American Legion Post
of which he has been Commander, Young Business Men's Club, St. Francis, Arkansas
and American Bar Association and has been Chairman of the St. Francis County Bar
Assoc. and the American Judicature Society, and the Church of the Good Shepherd.
He was elected State Senator of the 5th District of Arkansas, in 1953. The
Long's have one son and four daughters.


SOURCE:
HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning

Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher
-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas