Obituaries: George Shannon Long, 1958, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: March 27, 1958 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Dr. George S. Long

Representative George S. Long, native of Winn Parish, was buried today,
Thursday, in Pineville.  The unexpected death of the Eighth District
Congressional representative came Saturday at 12:25 p.m. in Bethesda, Md.,
Naval Hospital, following a heart attack Thurs. morning.  He was 74.

Funeral services were at the First Baptist Church in Pineville, with burial in
Greenwood Memorial Park in Pineville.

Dr. Long, a dentist by profession, was first elected to Congress in 1952, and
was re-elected twice in 1954 and 1956.  He had already announced as a
candidate for reelection in the 1958 campaign.

He was a brother of Governor Earl Long, and the late Governor and Senator Huey
Long, and an uncle of Senator Russell B. Long.  Dr. Long also has numerous
relatives in Winn Parish.

At the time of his death, Dr. Long was engaged in a fight to preserve the
status of Fort Polk at Leesville.  He has spearheaded other causes especially
in the field of veterans affairs, being a member of the House Administration
and Veterans Affairs committees.

He was an opponent of school integration and had sponsored a bill asking that
U. S. Supreme Court justices be elected.

Dr. Long formerly resided in Oklahoma and served a term in the Oklahoma
legislature before returning to Louisiana.

He was engaged in the manufacture of the patent medicine "Vita Long", having
sold his interest in that business several years ago.

Survivors include his wife, the former Jewel Tyson of Pineville; two brothers,
Governor Earl K. Long of Winnfield and Baton Rouge, and Julius T. Long of
Shreveport; four sisters, Mrs. Clara Knott of Many, Mrs. Stewart Hunt of
Ruston, Mrs. Lottie Davis of Ruston, and Mrs. Olive Cooper of Natchitoches.

See the article "Winn Parish As I Have Known It", by H. B. Bozeman in this
issue of the Enterprise for additional information on Dr. Long, written
by Mr. Bozeman, a lifelong friend.