Obituaries: Fannie Woodruff Long, 1938, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: July 7, 1938 Winn Parish Enterprise

Last Rites Are Held For Mrs. Fannie Long, 85

Aged Resident of Winnfield Succumbs Tuesday Night

Mrs. Fannie Long, 85, aunt of the late Senator Huey P. Long, died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Nancy Morrison, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.  Funeral services
were held at the Baptist Church of which the deceased was a member, Wednesday
afternoon at 4 o'clock with the pastor, Rev. B. C. Land officiating. 
Assisting in the services were Rev. Alwin Stokes, Presbyterian pastor, and
Rev. G. A. Morgan, Methodist pastor.  Interment was in the Winnfield Cemetery.

Acting as pallbearers were grandsons of the deceased: John Bell, Jack 
Tannehill, and Doris Warner of Winnfield; Carl Long of Alexandria; Morley Long
and Dr. A. D. Long of Jackson, La., E. Guy Martin of Shreveport, and Murphy
Tannehill of Urania.

Mrs. Long was born in Georgia, but moved to Winn Parish when a small child.
She was the widow of the late W. E. Long and was before her marriage Miss
Frances Woodruff.

Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Lula Tannehill, Winnfield; Mrs. J. T.
King, Rising Star, Texas; Mrs. Nancy Morrison, Winnfield; five sons, R. H.
Long, Winnfield; Wade H. Long, Jackson, La.; Dr. A. D. Long, and J. Weaver
Long, El Paso, Texas, and W. E. Long, Trees, La.