Obituaries:  Reuben R. "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, 1966 Winn Parish Enterprise-News American

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

Reuben R. "Little Brother" Long, 65, 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 the Zion Hill Cemetery near Tannehill under direction of
Southern Funeral Home.  He was a native of Winn parish and a member of 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.

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