Mrs. Sallie Elizabeth Long, 87, of Decatur 3, died at a local rest home Thursday at 2:30 p.m.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Johnson’s Chapel with the Revs. Addie Wallace and Eaton Stephenson officiating. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery with Brown of Decatur directing.
The body will remain at the funeral home here until time to be taken to the church.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Emily Callahan, Hartford, Mich.; three sons, Ernest and Erwin Long, both of Moulton; Marvin J. Long, Hartselle 2; one stepson, Wheeler Long, Decatur: seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. ~ Originally published in The Decatur Daily on Friday, August 12, 1960 Decatur, Alabama Page: 2 Column: 8 ~ This bio was written by Gene Hill before a newspaper obit was located:
Sarah "Salley" Elizabeth Southern Long was born Wednesday, August 5, 1874 in Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama to James Warren Southern and Clarissa Ellen Irwin Southern. ~ She married Harm Kelly Long, a son of Henry Long and Elizabeth Long on Sunday, August 5, 1900 in Lawrence County, Alabama. ~ He was the widower of Elizabeth Woodall Long. ~ The children of Salley and Harm Long are Ernest L. Long, William Robert Long, William Ervin Long, Marvin Jarrett Long and Emily Callahan. ~ Mrs. Long was the sister of Thomas B. Southern, Martha Lou "Mattie" Hill, Margaret E. Ashburn and Birdie May Southern. ~ Mrs. Long died Thursday, August 11, 1960 in Decatur, Alabama, at the age of 87.
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Mrs. Sallie Elizabeth Long, 87, of Decatur 3, died at a local rest home Thursday at 2:30 p.m.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Johnson’s Chapel with the Revs. Addie Wallace and Eaton Stephenson officiating. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery with Brown of Decatur directing.
The body will remain at the funeral home here until time to be taken to the church.
Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Emily Callahan, Hartford, Mich.; three sons, Ernest and Erwin Long, both of Moulton; Marvin J. Long, Hartselle 2; one stepson, Wheeler Long, Decatur: seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. ~ Originally published in The Decatur Daily on Friday, August 12, 1960 Decatur, Alabama Page: 2 Column: 8 ~ This bio was written by Gene Hill before a newspaper obit was located:
Sarah "Salley" Elizabeth Southern Long was born Wednesday, August 5, 1874 in Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama to James Warren Southern and Clarissa Ellen Irwin Southern. ~ She married Harm Kelly Long, a son of Henry Long and Elizabeth Long on Sunday, August 5, 1900 in Lawrence County, Alabama. ~ He was the widower of Elizabeth Woodall Long. ~ The children of Salley and Harm Long are Ernest L. Long, William Robert Long, William Ervin Long, Marvin Jarrett Long and Emily Callahan. ~ Mrs. Long was the sister of Thomas B. Southern, Martha Lou "Mattie" Hill, Margaret E. Ashburn and Birdie May Southern. ~ Mrs. Long died Thursday, August 11, 1960 in Decatur, Alabama, at the age of 87.
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