Love Co., OK. - Obits: Lorene A. Longest

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                        Obit for Lorene A. Longest

Services for Lorene A. Longest, 72, of Courtney, were held at 3 p.m., Thursday,
August 30, at the First Baptist Church in Ringling, with the Rev. Dan Standifer
and the Rev. Mike Williams officiating.

Mrs. Longest was born July 14, 1929, at McMann in Carter County, the daughter
of Harry Cecil and Zora Lee Dodson Savage. She died Tuesday, August 28, 2001,
in an Oklahoma City hospital.

Raised at Courtney, Mrs. Longest graduated from Courtney High School. She lived
all her life in the Ringling and Courtney communities and was an avid Ringling
Blue Devils fan. Mrs. Longest was a longtime member of the Mount Zion
Missionary Baptist Church of Ringling and a member of the Petersburg Home
Extension Club. She and R.T. Longest Jr. were married May 28, 1949, in
Gainesville, Texas.

Survivors include her husband of 52 years, R.T. of the home; a son, Steve
Longest of Courtney; a daughter and son-in-law, Phyllis and Rick Gandy of
Zaneis; three grandsons, Richie Gandy, Tracy and wife Jana Gandy, and Brody
Longest; a granddaughter, Tegan Longest; two great-granddaughters, Sierra Gandy
and Kaylee Gandy; a brother, Coy Savage of Oklahoma City; and numerous nieces
and nephews.

Mrs. Longest was preceded in death by her parents; three sisters, Geraldine
Savage, Laverne Walker and Pauline Howard; and four brothers, Jack, Lee, Dearl
and Earl Dewayne Savage.

Pallbearers were Lindsay Southward, Robin Longest, Kenneth Longest, Tommy
Throckmorton, Bill Finke and Harvey Grant. Honorary pallbearers were Tankie
Spivey, Bob Chapman, Cotton Grant and Gene Jackson.

Interment was in Belleville-Bourland Cemetery under the direction of Alexander
Funeral Home, Ringling.

Published in the Marietta Monitor, Love County, Friday, August 31, 2001.