Mary Ellen Nelms Long

MARY ELLEN NELMS LONG, 90, PASSED AWAY MONDAY, SEPT. 12, 2005. SHE WAS BORN NOV. 24, 1914, IN NASH COUNTY, DAUGHTER OF THE LATE SAMUEL AND BETTY LOU NELMS. SHE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF FALLS ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH, AND WAS AN AVID GARDENER. HER HUSBAND, JACK LONG AND ONE SON, JOHN LONG, PRECEDED HER IN DEATH.
SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORAY, ONE DAUGHTER, SONYA L. WINSTEAD OF ROCKY MOUNT; SPECIAL FRIENDS GARY GURGANUS, JANE PAGE, YVONNE JACKSON, AND HER LOVING COMPANION PUPPY DOG :YOGI BEAR”; EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN, J.C. WINSTEAD OF ROCKY MOUNT, THOMAS DEAN WINSTEAD OF CHESTER, VA., JOHN JEFFERSON WINSTEAD AND WIFE, FRANCINEOF GREENVILLE, KEVIN LEE WINSTEAD AND WIFE, DEBBIE OF BERLIN, GERMANY, JOHN LONG OF RALGIH, JACK LONG OF RALEIGH, SAMANTHA LONG OF RALEIGH, AND SCOTT LONG OF MICHIGAN; AND NINE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 7-8:30PM THURSDAY, SEPT. 15, 2005, AT BOWLING FUNERAL HOME, AND OTHER TIMES AT THE HOME OF HER DAUGHTER. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 2PM FRIDAY, SEPT. 16, 2005, IN THE CHAPEL OF BOWLING FUNERAL HOME, WITH THE REV. SCOTT SHELBOURNE OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW AT ROCKY MOUNT MEMORIAL PARL.
ARRANGEMENTS ARE ENTRUSTED TO BOWLING FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY, 661 ENGLISH ROAD, ROCKY MOUNT, NC 27804.