Sussex County-Newport News City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Long, J. Manley Sr., 2000 

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JAMES MANLEY LONG, SR. 

  James Manley Long, Sr., age 86, died on Sun., June 4 at Louise Obici 
Memorial Hospital in Suffolk.

  Mr. Long was a native of Newport News, and was the son of the late Joseph 
Henry and Mary Elizabeth Long.

  Mr. Long graduated from Virginia Polytechnical Institute in Blacksburg and 
the University of Pennsylvania Warton School of Finance.

  He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.

  He owned and operated Long Haulers and Diesel Service and was a partner of 
Wakefield Oil Co. and M. & L. Distributors.

  He was a member of the Wakefield Baptist Church and the Wakefield Masonic 
Lodge #198 A.F.& A.M., where he was a Past Master.

  Mr. Long was a district Instructor and Former District deputy Grand Master 
of the 30th Masonic District.

  He was also a former member of the Shriner Noble Khedive Temple, Norfolk 
and a former member of the Aragona Moose Lodge #1198, Virginia Beach.

  He was husband of the late Addie Norfleet Long and brother of the late 
Joseph Lawrence Long, John Long and Olie Frances Long.

  He survived by a son, James M. Long, Jr. and his wife, Patricia of 
Wakefield; a daughter, Jennifer Long Roach, and her husband, Larry of 
Corryton, TN; four grandchildren, Margie L. Walker, Lisa Long Seward, James 
M. Long, III, and Ashley M. Stowell; several great-grandchildren, and several 
nieces and nephews.

  Funeral services were held on Tues. June 6, at 2 p.m. at the Wakefield 
Baptist Church by Rev. Douglas M. Cotter.

  Burial with Masonic Rites was in the Wakefield Cemetery.

  The family received friends at Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield on Mon. 
evening from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

  Memorial donations may be mad to the Wakefield Baptist Church, Wakefield or 
a favorite charity.


James Manley LONG, Sr., Wakefield businessman, Army veteran of WW-II, 
b. 24 Dec 1913, Newport News, d. 4 Jun 2000, Suffolk, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 6 Jun 2000, 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 7, 2000 

*His parents are also buried there.  Wakefield list, an extension of 
   the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

His first wife's obits ("Tidewater News," Dec. 29, 1969, p. 7, & donated) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/l520a1ob.txt 

His mother's obits ("Daily Press," May 7, 1959, p. 42, & donated) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/l520e1ob.txt 

Manley 2m. 13 Nov 1971 divorcee Evelyn Pearl (GOODWIN) HARRELL in Petersburg 
   (#312-1971), but apparently they divorced or had the union annulled. 
   "Evelyn G. HARRELL" (1928 - 2006), her second husband Alton J. HARRELL, 
   and her parents, William Thomas & Gertie (SUTTON) GOODWIN, are all buried 
   in Beaver Hill Cemetery, Edenton, in her native Chowan Co., NC. 
   (Find a Grave Mem. #206342648 &c.) 

I have been unable to further identify his brother John.  He does not appear 
   with the family in the 1910-40 Census returns.  (mh) 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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