Mr. Curtis Long

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Posted by: Sorrells Funeral Home
Date: May 11 2012 12:17 PM

Mr. Curtis Long of Fadette passed away Thursday, May 10, 2012 at Flowers Hospital.  He was 78.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 13, in Fadette Pentecostal Ministries Church with Rev. Johnny Strickland officiating.  Burial will follow in Fadette Pentecostal Ministries Church Cemetery with Sorrells Funeral Home of Slocomb directing. 

The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Saturday from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. 

Mr. Long was born on May 17, 1933 in Webb, AL to the late Charlie William and Ollie Hinson Long.  He owned and operated Long’s Upholstery in Dothan for 30 years. He was also in the real estate business for 30 years.  Mr. Long found the love of his life, Norma Jean Smith Long, and married her on October 26, 1956 in Fadette, AL.  He moved to Slocomb (Fadette Community) in 2004. 

He was preceded in death by his parents; three sisters:  Cora Lee Chambers, Perry B. Newton, Eunice Squires; five brothers:  Dayton, Carl, Walter, Euell and Marvin Long; one great grandson:  Jeremiah Long. 

Survivors include his wife, Norma Jean Smith Long, of Fadette; one daughter:  Leigh Ann Long Cochran (Charles) of Fadette; one son:  Curtis Michael Long (Wanda) of Fadette; four grandchildren:  Michelle Long, David Long (Joanna), Joseph Long, Madalyn Cochran; four great grandchildren:  Willow and Journey Long, Malachi and Noah Long; three sisters:  Lucille Whitaker, Nell Eubanks, Ann Long; one brother:  Hubert Long; three sisters-in-law:  Christine Long, Irene Long and Hattie Long Wells (Bobby); numerous nieces and nephews.

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