Lamon D. Long

Lamon D. Long, 67, of Barry passed away Tuesday, June 4, 2002 at M.D. Anderson Hospital in Houston.

Services will be 2 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church in Corsicana. Officiating will be Pastor B.F. Risinger Jr. of First Baptist in Corsicana, Pastor Gene Gipson of First Baptist Church in Barry, and Mr. Long's cousin Jim Upchurch, hospice chaplain of Fort Worth. Interment will follow at Oakwood Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Rusty Long, Jim Long, Heath Reynolds, Brian Phillips, Paul Jones and Scott Reed. Honorary pallbearers will be grandsons Peter C. Petersen, David Matthew Long and Stephen Kyle Long.

Mr. Long was born Aug. 21,1934 in Dallas. He graduated from Carrollton High School in 1952. He was president of Long Construction Inc. and Long Foundation Drilling and was a resident of Navarro County for 24 years. Mr. Long and his brother James have operated a cattle ranch in Barry since 1978. He was also involved with his grandchildren's FFA activities. He was a respected member of the community and was a beloved brother, husband, father and friend.

Survivors include his wife of 49 years, Shirley Long of Barry; children, Lamont Long Petersen of Arlington, and Charles David Long and Stephen Wesley Long, both of Corsicana; brothers, James Long of Barry and Ronald Long of Lake Dallas; sisters, Pauline Carter of Gainesville and Phyllis Wikerson of Sanger; and grandchildren, Peter C. Petersen, David Matthew Long, Stephen Kyle Long, Maygie Brooke Long and Mary Kathryn Long.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations may be made to American Cancer Society.

Arrangements by Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home.