Obituaries:  Earl K. Long, Sabine Parish       L-520
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Sep 9, 1960
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Governor Earl K. Long

  Funeral rites for former Governor Earl K. Long, age 65 years,
were held Wednesday at 2 p.m., at the First Baptist Church, Baton
Rouge, with graveside rites at Winnfield, Thursday, at 11
o'clock.

  Governor Long died early Monday morning, having been ill since
election day, when he suffered a heart attack. He had been
confined to the hospital until his death Monday.

  He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Blanche Long; one brother,
Julius Tison Long of Shreveport; four sisters, Mrs. Robert W.
Davis, and Mrs. Stewart S. Hunt, both of Ruston, Mrs. Olive
Cooper of Natchitoches, and Mrs. Clara Knott of Many; also six
nieces; four nephews; nine great nieces; and ten great nephews.

  Pallbearers included Senator Russell Long, Palmer Lee Long,
James Long, John Ducournau, John S. Hunt, Robert D. Parrott, Paul
Revere, and Jerry Menefee.

  Long had just completed a campaign, winning the congressional
post of the Eighth District. He had been the champion of the poor
and less fortunate, having served three times as governor of
Louisiana, the third term ending in May of this year.

  As some of his friends said, "The things Earl Long worked so
hard to bring the people of this state will live forever in
Louisiana", and one said "Closes the amazing career of the most
aggressive, determined, and resourceful man of politics ever
known to Louisiana, and perhaps to any other state", and another,
"I think the determination he showed in this campaign shows the
history of his life. He had more stamina and determination than
any man I've seen".

  Long's body was moved from Alexandria Tuesday, to Baton Rouge,
where he lay in State until Wednesday noon, in the Rotunda of the
State Capital Building, where thousands passed in view of the
remains of the once popular, powerful governor of Louisiana. He
worked continuously to maintain "hot lunches for school children,
homestead exemptions, and increased payments of the aged".

  Long's final resting place was in a plot of ground he donated to
the city of Winnfield recently. The plot was the original
homestead of his parents. He donated the plot to the town as a
memorial to them.