Mary Thompson Long

MRS. MARY THOMPSON LONG PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY MON. AFTERNOON DEC. 27, 2010, AFTER A LENGTHLY ILLNESS, AT CRESTWOOD NURSING HOME. SHE WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED FOR HER STRONG, FIGHT AND WILL TO LIVE. HER LOVE OF MUSIC AND HER PRECIOUS FAMILY ESPECIALLY ALL OF HER GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT, I HAVE FINISHED THE RACE, I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH. NOW THERE IS IN STORE FOR ME THE CROWN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, WHICH THE LORD, THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGE, WILL AWARD TO ME ON THAT DAY.� TIM 4:7

SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF HENRY OVID AND TREVOR VICTORIA THOMPSON, WHO PRECEDED HER IN DEATH.
BORN ON SEPT 28, 1929 IN LOVETT FL, SHE ATTENDED HIGH SCHOOL IN GREENVILLE AND WENT ON TO STUDY NURSING AT THE CHATTAHOOCHEE STATE HOSPITAL. AT THAT TIME IT WAS A NURSING SCHOOL. SHE LEFT SCHOOL AND MARRIED; ALWAYS WISHING TO PURSUE HER NURSING DEGREE.
AFTER MANY YRS. OF HARD WORK AS A NURSING ASSISTANT AND PRIVATE DUTY SITTER, MARY WAS URGED BY HER NURSE COLLEAGUES TO TEST FOR HER STATE BOARD AND BECAME AN L.P.N. THAT WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF HER LIFE AFTER HER FAMILY. SHE RETIRED FROM BROOKS CO. HOSPITAL IN EARLY 1980�S.

WHILE SHE WAS A SITTER WITH THE ELDERLY, SHE OFTEN SAT WITH TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS, AND ONCE ASKED BY HER DAUGHTER, HOW SHE COULD DO THAT, AND KNOW THEY WOULD DIE, SHE JUST SAID, SHE LOVED THEM AND WANTED TO BE THERE WITH THEM. NURSING AND HELPING OTHERS WAS TRULY HER CALLING IN LIFE. RIGHT UP UNTIL THE END OF HER LIFE. SHE WAS ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT EACH FAMILY MEMBER.

SHE WAS MARRIED ON MAY 1, 1951 TO LEON LONG AND THEY RAISED 4 GIRLS AND 1 SON, SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIM AS WELL AS A BABY DAUGHTER�CAROLYN LOUISE LONG, 5 SISTER, 1 BROTHER AND A GRANDSON-IN-LAW PHILIP M. BARNES

SHE LEAVES BEHIND HER CHILDREN AND MANY GRANDCHILDREN
NANCY D. EDWARDS FT MYERS FL
ALICE SHERMANGEORGE CORPUS CHRISTI TX-
SUSIE I. LATOURETTE -- VALDOSTA
DEBBIE IVES CHARLES -- QUITMAN
SPENCER LONG JENNI LONG---QUITMAN

GRANDCHILDREN: SHANNON TOBEY, CHELENE SCHAFER BRIAN, TIA SHERMAN, Melissa SELLARS SHAWN, MANDY ERWINJAKE, ALAN LATOURETTE, CHRISTINA BARNES, DANIEL ELDRIDGE, VICTORIA , CHASON IVES, CHANCE LONG, JOSH LONG, ALESA BENNETT, HANNAH BLACK, AUSTIN MEYERS

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: SAMUEL AND SINNETT TOBEY, LANDON SHERMAN, COLT AND BRYSTON SCHAFER, SCOTT AND JAKE MCDOWELL, AND AYALAH SHERMAN
ARIANNA GARCIA, XANDER SELLARS, LORALIE, WILLOW, AND RAELYNN ERWIN, AND ERIN BARNES

AND HER FAMILY OF CARE GIVERS FROM CRESTWOOD NURSING HOME.
A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO DR. LARRY SMITH FOR HIS LOVING CARE AND KINDNESS DURING HER ILLNESS.
THE LAST 6 YRS WERE SPENT AT CRESTWOOD NURSING HOME.
AS LONG AS SHE WAS ABLE TO BE UP IN HER WHEELCHAIR, SHE STILL OFFERED
HER LOVING, COMPASSION AND CONCERN FOR ALL OF THE RESIDENTS. HER LOVE FOR NURSING WAS NEVER FORGOTTEN.
SHE WILL BE GREATLY AND SADLY MISSED.

FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 10:00 AM ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2010 IN FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, QUITMAN, GA. A PRIVATE GRAVESIDE SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT OAK HILL CEMETERY. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2010 AT THE FUNERAL HOME. MRS. LONG WILL LIE IN STATE ONE HOUR PRIOR TO SERVICES FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2010 AT THE CHURCH.

MUSIC FUNERAL SERVICES OF VALDOSTA IS SERVING THE LONG FAMILY