Obituaries: Oscar Ross Lang, 1972, Winn & Grant Parishes, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483

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From: April 12, 1972 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Prominent Montgomery Citizen Dies

Funeral services of Oscar Ross Long, 72, former two term Mayor of Montgomery,
were held at 1 p.m. Saturday in the First Baptist Church in Montgomery with
the Rev. J. O. Dumas officiating.  Burial was in Forest Lawn Cemetery in
Alexandria under the direction of Southern Funeral Home of Winnfield.

Mr. Lang, 72, died early Thursday morning, April 6, 1972 in the Methodist
Hospital in Houston, Texas, following a long illness.

He was a member of the Montgomery Democratic Executive Committee for 40 years.
At the time of his death he was serving his 38th year on the town council.  He
was on the State Mineral Board for a four year term, served with the Louisiana
Forestry Commission, was a board member for the 8th District Department of
Highways for four years and was serving on the State Unemployment Security
Board.  He was also chairman of the board of the Bank of Montgomery.  He has
been mentioned in Who's Who in the South and Southwest and was in business in
Montgomery for 42 years.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Oscar Ross Lang; a son, Paul E. Lang of
Montgomery; two brothers, R. B. Lang and Otho A. Lang, both of Montgomery; two
sisters, Mrs. Avis Fletcher of Colfax and Mrs. Edna Fletcher of Montgomery;
and a granddaughter, Tiana Marie Lang of Houston, Texas.