Joe Martin Long, Ph.D., 88, of Waco, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2006, after a brief illness at Royal Manor Nursing Home in Hewitt. Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, September 20, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Bosque Chapel with the Rev. David Shuttlesworth officiating. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park.
Joe was born in Porterville, Miss., to the late William Tildon Long and Ivah (Ford) Long. After serving his country in World War II in the U. S. Army Air Force, he began his 59-year career in the field of social work. He was an active member of Columbus Avenue Baptist Church since moving his family to Waco in 1969. He was also associated with the Baylor School of Social Work and was a field instructor of the Undergraduate Social Work program since its inception. In his spare time, Dr. Long was an avid gardener and, in later years, he took great pleasure in quilting.
Dr. Long was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, Marguerite VanDevender Long; two sisters; and four brothers.
He is survived by his sons, Kenn Long and companion, Casey Cannon, of Los Angeles, Calif., and Gregg Long and wife, Elaine Peterson Long, of Houston; daughter, Kaye Howard and fianceé, Michael Cuff, of Georgetown; grandchildren, Don Anthony Howard and companion, Douglas Williams, of Yoakum, Texas, Michael Jayson Howard and wife, Becky Mae, of Georgetown, and Eric Nathaniel Long, of Conroe, Texas; great-grandson, Ethan Jayson Howard; sister, Iva Mae Workman, of Clinton, S.C.; and many other family members and friends.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 9/19/2006...W
Joe was born in Porterville, Miss., to the late William Tildon Long and Ivah (Ford) Long. After serving his country in World War II in the U. S. Army Air Force, he began his 59-year career in the field of social work. He was an active member of Columbus Avenue Baptist Church since moving his family to Waco in 1969. He was also associated with the Baylor School of Social Work and was a field instructor of the Undergraduate Social Work program since its inception. In his spare time, Dr. Long was an avid gardener and, in later years, he took great pleasure in quilting.
Dr. Long was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, Marguerite VanDevender Long; two sisters; and four brothers.
He is survived by his sons, Kenn Long and companion, Casey Cannon, of Los Angeles, Calif., and Gregg Long and wife, Elaine Peterson Long, of Houston; daughter, Kaye Howard and fianceé, Michael Cuff, of Georgetown; grandchildren, Don Anthony Howard and companion, Douglas Williams, of Yoakum, Texas, Michael Jayson Howard and wife, Becky Mae, of Georgetown, and Eric Nathaniel Long, of Conroe, Texas; great-grandson, Ethan Jayson Howard; sister, Iva Mae Workman, of Clinton, S.C.; and many other family members and friends.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 9/19/2006...W
Joe Martin Long, Ph.D., 88, of Waco, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2006, after a brief illness at Royal Manor Nursing Home in Hewitt. Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, September 20, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Bosque Chapel with the Rev. David Shuttlesworth officiating. Burial will follow at Waco Memorial Park.
Joe was born in Porterville, Miss., to the late William Tildon Long and Ivah (Ford) Long. After serving his country in World War II in the U. S. Army Air Force, he began his 59-year career in the field of social work. He was an active member of Columbus Avenue Baptist Church since moving his family to Waco in 1969. He was also associated with the Baylor School of Social Work and was a field instructor of the Undergraduate Social Work program since its inception. In his spare time, Dr. Long was an avid gardener and, in later years, he took great pleasure in quilting.
Dr. Long was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, Marguerite VanDevender Long; two sisters; and four brothers.
He is survived by his sons, Kenn Long and companion, Casey Cannon, of Los Angeles, Calif., and Gregg Long and wife, Elaine Peterson Long, of Houston; daughter, Kaye Howard and fianceé, Michael Cuff, of Georgetown; grandchildren, Don Anthony Howard and companion, Douglas Williams, of Yoakum, Texas, Michael Jayson Howard and wife, Becky Mae, of Georgetown, and Eric Nathaniel Long, of Conroe, Texas; great-grandson, Ethan Jayson Howard; sister, Iva Mae Workman, of Clinton, S.C.; and many other family members and friends.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 9/19/2006...W
Joe was born in Porterville, Miss., to the late William Tildon Long and Ivah (Ford) Long. After serving his country in World War II in the U. S. Army Air Force, he began his 59-year career in the field of social work. He was an active member of Columbus Avenue Baptist Church since moving his family to Waco in 1969. He was also associated with the Baylor School of Social Work and was a field instructor of the Undergraduate Social Work program since its inception. In his spare time, Dr. Long was an avid gardener and, in later years, he took great pleasure in quilting.
Dr. Long was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, Marguerite VanDevender Long; two sisters; and four brothers.
He is survived by his sons, Kenn Long and companion, Casey Cannon, of Los Angeles, Calif., and Gregg Long and wife, Elaine Peterson Long, of Houston; daughter, Kaye Howard and fianceé, Michael Cuff, of Georgetown; grandchildren, Don Anthony Howard and companion, Douglas Williams, of Yoakum, Texas, Michael Jayson Howard and wife, Becky Mae, of Georgetown, and Eric Nathaniel Long, of Conroe, Texas; great-grandson, Ethan Jayson Howard; sister, Iva Mae Workman, of Clinton, S.C.; and many other family members and friends.
Waco Tribune-Herald: 9/19/2006...W
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