Obit of Long, Deborah Jean McKay - Texas County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 23 Apr 2006 Return to Texas County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/texas/texas.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== ::Elmhurst Cemetery--Guymon OK Long, Deborah Jean McKay Deborah Jean McKay Long, 49, passed away Sunday morning, November 20th, 2005. The daughter of Agnes (Quattlebaum) and Billy Ray McKay, she was born November 16, 1956 in Elk City, Oklahoma. Debbie graduated from Guymon High School in 1975 and graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a Music Education degree in 1979. She was united in marriage to Steve Long on August 18, 1977 in Guymon. She was an active and giving member of her church and community. She shared her talents by teaching Junior High Sunday school, singing in the choir and ringing and leading bell choirs at Victory Memorial United Methodist Church, and was active in United Methodist Women. Debbie also gave to the community; she had remained involved in school volunteering, served on the American Red Cross Board and was a member of P.E.O., Chapter FQ. Debbie had recently been honored as 2005 Beta Sigma Phi Woman of the Year. She was also a loving and treasured daughter, wife, mother and friend. Survivors include her husband, Steve Long of Guymon; children, Lindsey Elizabeth Long of Norman, OK and Jacob Ross Long, of Oklahoma City; mother, Agnes Wing of Guymon; a brother and family, Billy Dean McKay, Angela Maw; Ainsley, Drew and Meredith McKay, all of Marietta, GA; mother and father-in-law, Mary and David Long of Guymon; sister-in-law, Lisa and Douglas Gordon of Rancho Santa Fe, CA and children, Alissa and Adam Gordon; and brother-in-law, Pat Long of Dallas, TX and children, David, Sally and Patrick Long. She was preceded in death by her father, Billy Ray McKay who died 2001 and her brother-inlaw, Homer Phillip Long in 1989. Funeral services will be Tuesday afternoon, November 22nd, 2005 at 2:00 PM at Victory Memorial United Methodist Church with Rev. Michael Burkett and Rev. Katie Brown, officiating. Interment will follow in Elmhurst Cemetery by Henson-Novak Funeral Home of Guymon. Memorials may be given to the Victory Memorial United Methodist Church for the music and bell choirs, c/o HensonNovak Funeral Home, Box 1306, Guymon, OK 73942. Published in The Oklahoman on 11/22/2005. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Texas County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/texas/texas.html