George W. Long, 84, Prominent Early Settler in This Part of County, Died in Eureka Springs, Ark.
Word has been received in the city of the death of George W. Long, 84, one of Augusta's early pioneers.
Mr. Long was in Eureka Springs, Ark., at the time of his death, which was preceded by a paralytic stroke. The body will arrive here Wednesday morning.
The funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 at the Methodist church, with Rev. Fisher in charge.
Mr. Long was the oldest known living Mason in Butler County, having become a member of one of the first groups in the Mystic Tie lodge.
Mr. Long was known over the county, both for his activities in the Masonic order and for work in the Methodist church locally.
He came here from Indiana in 1868 and settled on the Long homestead southwest of Augusta, where he lived until a few years ago, when he moved to Augusta.
Mrs. Long preceded him in death about ten or twelve years. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. C. H. Surface and Mrs. Charles Varner of Augusta, and three sons, Orville and Robert of Augusta, and Richard of Blackwell, Okla.
Mrs. Varner and Richard Long were in Eureka Springs at the time of his death... Mrs. Surface is con-fined to the hospital in Wichita due to illness.
Mr. Long has been in failing health for some time, and had been traveling a large part of the time recently for the benefit of his physical condition.
Published in the Augusta Daily Gazette, May 1, 1928
Word has been received in the city of the death of George W. Long, 84, one of Augusta's early pioneers.
Mr. Long was in Eureka Springs, Ark., at the time of his death, which was preceded by a paralytic stroke. The body will arrive here Wednesday morning.
The funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 at the Methodist church, with Rev. Fisher in charge.
Mr. Long was the oldest known living Mason in Butler County, having become a member of one of the first groups in the Mystic Tie lodge.
Mr. Long was known over the county, both for his activities in the Masonic order and for work in the Methodist church locally.
He came here from Indiana in 1868 and settled on the Long homestead southwest of Augusta, where he lived until a few years ago, when he moved to Augusta.
Mrs. Long preceded him in death about ten or twelve years. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. C. H. Surface and Mrs. Charles Varner of Augusta, and three sons, Orville and Robert of Augusta, and Richard of Blackwell, Okla.
Mrs. Varner and Richard Long were in Eureka Springs at the time of his death... Mrs. Surface is con-fined to the hospital in Wichita due to illness.
Mr. Long has been in failing health for some time, and had been traveling a large part of the time recently for the benefit of his physical condition.
Published in the Augusta Daily Gazette, May 1, 1928
George W. Long, 84, Prominent Early Settler in This Part of County, Died in Eureka Springs, Ark.
Word has been received in the city of the death of George W. Long, 84, one of Augusta's early pioneers.
Mr. Long was in Eureka Springs, Ark., at the time of his death, which was preceded by a paralytic stroke. The body will arrive here Wednesday morning.
The funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 at the Methodist church, with Rev. Fisher in charge.
Mr. Long was the oldest known living Mason in Butler County, having become a member of one of the first groups in the Mystic Tie lodge.
Mr. Long was known over the county, both for his activities in the Masonic order and for work in the Methodist church locally.
He came here from Indiana in 1868 and settled on the Long homestead southwest of Augusta, where he lived until a few years ago, when he moved to Augusta.
Mrs. Long preceded him in death about ten or twelve years. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. C. H. Surface and Mrs. Charles Varner of Augusta, and three sons, Orville and Robert of Augusta, and Richard of Blackwell, Okla.
Mrs. Varner and Richard Long were in Eureka Springs at the time of his death... Mrs. Surface is con-fined to the hospital in Wichita due to illness.
Mr. Long has been in failing health for some time, and had been traveling a large part of the time recently for the benefit of his physical condition.
Published in the Augusta Daily Gazette, May 1, 1928
Word has been received in the city of the death of George W. Long, 84, one of Augusta's early pioneers.
Mr. Long was in Eureka Springs, Ark., at the time of his death, which was preceded by a paralytic stroke. The body will arrive here Wednesday morning.
The funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 at the Methodist church, with Rev. Fisher in charge.
Mr. Long was the oldest known living Mason in Butler County, having become a member of one of the first groups in the Mystic Tie lodge.
Mr. Long was known over the county, both for his activities in the Masonic order and for work in the Methodist church locally.
He came here from Indiana in 1868 and settled on the Long homestead southwest of Augusta, where he lived until a few years ago, when he moved to Augusta.
Mrs. Long preceded him in death about ten or twelve years. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. C. H. Surface and Mrs. Charles Varner of Augusta, and three sons, Orville and Robert of Augusta, and Richard of Blackwell, Okla.
Mrs. Varner and Richard Long were in Eureka Springs at the time of his death... Mrs. Surface is con-fined to the hospital in Wichita due to illness.
Mr. Long has been in failing health for some time, and had been traveling a large part of the time recently for the benefit of his physical condition.
Published in the Augusta Daily Gazette, May 1, 1928
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