Marion-Muscogee-Stewart County GaArchives Obituaries.....Long, Herman April 12, 2011 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jean Frost http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0006103 November 6, 2011, 9:52 am Watson - Tante Funeral Home April 2011 Watson-Tante Funeral Home 1052 Dr. Deryl Hart Road – P.O. Box 382 Buena Vista, GA 31803 Phone (229)649-2478 Fax (229)649-2446 Herman Long, age 73, of Buena Vista, died Tuesday, April 12, 2011, in Columbus, GA. A graveside funeral service was held at 4:00 PM on Friday, April 15, 2011, at Buena Vista Cemetery with Reverend Chris Hess and Reverend Dean Long officiating. Serving as active pallbearers were S. H. McCorkle, Ricky McCorkle, Ralph Stuart, Tim Rankin, H. P. Swan, Bob Jernigan, Bobby Jones, Clifford Waller, and Billy Joe Waller. The family received friends at the home of Luanne Long. Mr. Long was born March 24, 1938, in Richland, Georgia, to Herman Rufus and Eva Mae Harry Long. Baptist by faith, he was a member of First Baptist Church. He came to Marion County in 1958. He attended ABAC, Georgia Southwestern College, and Troy State University and had earned teaching degrees from GSW and Troy State. He married his high school sweetheart, Susanne, in 1961, and they would have celebrated 50 wonderful years this December. He was employed as a Teacher, a Principal, and eventually as the Superintendent in the Marion County School System. During his 15 year tenure as superintendent, L. K. Moss Elementary School was constructed. He was a practical man and wasn’t one to add a lot of frills. He loved God and his family, especially his grandchildren, and he loved his friends and the school system. He enjoyed working in the yard and fishing. He will be greatly missed. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Myrtle Hudson, and by his father and mother-in-law, L. K. and Anne Moss. He is survived by his wife, Susanne Long; by a son and daughter-in-law, Kyle & Kim Long; and by a daughter, Luanne Long, all of Buena Vista; by two brothers and sisters-in-law, Larry & Gail Long of Ellaville, GA, and Wayne & Diane Long of Scottsboro, AL, and by two grandchildren, Shelby Long and Luke Long, both of Buena Vista. Several Aunts, Nieces, Nephews, and Cousins also survive. Flowers are accepted or memorial donations may be made to L. K. Moss Scholarship Fund, c/o Marion County Board of Education, P.O. Box 391, Buena Vista, Georgia, 31803. Watson-Tante Funeral Home of Buena Vista, Georgia was in charge of arrangements. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/marion/obits/l/long10219gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.9 Kb