Obituaries: Henry Reuben Ray "Little Brother" Long, 1966, Winn Parish, LA 
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: June 30 & July 14, 1966 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Final Rites For R. R. Long Held Here June 25th

Rueben R. "Little Brother" Long, 65, a retired city of Winnfield employee,
died Friday morning, June 24, 1966, of a heart attack while picking berries in
a wooded area near his home in Winnfield.

Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Southern
Funeral Home of Winnfield with Dr. W. L. Holcomb and Rev. W. R. Gage
officiating.

Burial was in Zion Hill Cemetery near Tannehill under direction of Southern
Funeral Home.  He was a native of Winn Parish and a member of the Zion Hill
Baptist Church.

Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Ruby Smith Long of Winnfield; seven sons, James
W., C. R. "Cotton", Gerald and Carroll, all of Winnfield; Jimmy and Bill of
Natchitoches, Donald of Lafayette; three sisters, Mrs. Maude L. Machen and
Mrs. Myrtle Carter of Winnfield and Mrs. Gustine L. Bowen of Kilgore, Texas,
and 14 grandchildren.

Long was the father of C. R. "Cotton" Long, one of Ward One's three police
jury members. 

Pallbearers were Clem Huffman, Glenn Smith, Perry Joe Smith, James Hardy
Smith, Bennie Smith, and Clyde Smith, Jr.

Attend Funeral

Among out of town relatives and friends attending the funeral of R. R. Long on
June 25 were: Mr. and Mrs. Horace Ardoin of Ville Platte, Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Nugent and Bobby Nugent of Bastrop, Ivy Lee Nugent and son of Orange,
Texas, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Cole of Dubberly, Mrs. A. A. Bowen, Pat, and Merlene
of Kilgore, Tex.,

Mr. Kirby Knotts, Sheriff Sam James, Mr. and Mrs. Cabbie Scroggins, Mr. and
Mrs. Jimmy Bob Key, Adolph Griffin, Mr. and Mrs. George Horton and family, Mr.
and Mrs. John Clark, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Winn and family of Natchitoches.

Mr. and Mrs. Danny Ross of Ruston, Mr. and Mrs. Cullen Wilson, Thomas Lee and
Stevie Long of Baton Rouge.

Mrs. Lee Davis of Denham Springs, Mr. and Mrs. Gillis Long, Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard Willis and Miss Donna Hamilton of Alexandria, Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Gaar
of Shreveport, Rev. and Mrs. Edgar Gunter of Jonesboro, Earl and Ralph Baker
of Monroe, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Smith of Montgomery, Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Mercer of
Nashville, Tenn., Senator and Mrs. W. L. Rambo of Georgetown, Mr. and Mrs. O.
A. Long of Georgetown, Mr. and Mrs. John Hudnell, Mrs. Mickey Smith and
children of Olla, Odis Boyett of Tioga, and Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Griffin and
daughters of Abbeville.