Jack J Long

JACK J. LONG, 55, DIED UNEXPECTEDLY TUESDAY NIGHT ON ARRIVAL AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL.
HE WAS A NATIVE OF BLADEN COUNTY, SON OF THE LATE LOVE LONG AND ANNA HALL LONG. HE WAS A VETERAN OF WORLD WAR I, MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION AND MEMBER OF THE FALLS ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH. FOR MANY YEARS HE HAD OPERATED A GENERAL GROCERY STORE IN ROCKY MOUNT. HE RESIDED AT 440 CLEVELAND ST.
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT 3:30 O’CLOCK FROM THE CHAPEL OF GAY-YOST FUNERAL HOME BY HIS PASTOR, THE REV. W.D. HAMRICK, BURIAL WILL FOLLOW IN ROCKY MOUNT MEMORIAL PARK.
SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE, MRS. MARY ELLEN NELMS LONG OF THE HOME; ONE SON, JOHN JEFFREY LONG OF THE HJOME; ONE DAUGHTER, MRS. SONYA LONG WINSTEAD OF KINSTON; FIVE GRANDCHILDREN; THREE BROTHERS, ROY R. LONG OF ROCKY MOUNT, JAMES B. LONG OF NEWPORT NEWS, VA., AND EDWARD LONG OF ELIZABETH CITY; THREE SISTERS, MRS. BONNIE CAHOON AND MRS. BESSIE EDWARDS, BOTH OF ROCKY MOUNT, AND MRS. CHARLIE GLOSSON OF NORFOLK, VA.