Horry County ScArchives Obituaries.....Long, William H.  July 31, 1918
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Horry Herald August 18, 1918
William H. Long Gone to Reward

Long life of Great Usefulness Has Come to an End
Loved by Neighbors Cherished by Friends
Active in Religious Work Almost to the Very Last Year

William Hickman Long died on Wednesday July 31st, 1918 at the hour of 4:45 in 
the afternoon. He was born on December 6th, 1833 and was in this eighty-fifth 
year a the time of his death. He was interred at the Bellamy cemetery in 
Simpson Creek township on August 1st, 1918 in the presence of a large number 
of relatives and friends. He was a member of Conway Lodge No. 65, Ancient Free 
Masons, and the interment was carried out according to the rites of the 
ancient order. He belonged to the Ebenezer Methodist Church of which he had 
been a faithful member for many years, and was superintendent of the Sunday 
school for a period of years, being absent only twice in that time of account 
of sickness. He was remarkably active for his age, until about December 11th, 
1917, when he was taken sick with the illness which finally caused his death.

He is survived by eight children as follows: Mrs. Nancy M. Hardee, wife of W. 
L. Hardee; George M. Long, Mary P. Stevens, wife of L. D. Stevens; Ella F. 
Bellamy, W. L. Long, Mrs. Sallie E. Gore, wife of D. B. Gore, Emma L. Bellamy, 
wife of D. O. Bellamy; J. Hiram Long.

He served in the civil war as a faithful and devoted follower of the Southern 
cause. He is entitled to the distinction of being one of the best citizens 
Horry County even had. He was known far and near as a peace maker one for 
which the people would send in case of any trouble. Many a case of typhoid 
fever was nursed back to health and strength by him without a cent to pay or 
other earthly reward. The children of the Sunday school where he taught so 
long showed how he was loved by the people. They met him and flung their arms 
about his neck. No more useful man ever lived and died among a people. 

In his last days he seemed to have already entered into a higher state. Many 
times he spoke of the angels about him.



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