AIKEN, S.C. - Mrs. Laura Bush Long, age 76, widow of the late Rev. Albert Long, of 1630 Gray Mare Hollow Road, passed away Sunday, March 14, 2010 at her residence. Funeral services will be announced by Jackson-Brooks Funeral Home A native of Old Ellenton, SC, she was a member of the Park Missionary Baptist Church. She retired from Graniteville Company and was a member of Esther Chapter #347, Order of Eastern Stars of New Ellenton and the CSRA Ministers' Spouses Fellowship. She was preceded in death by her parents, Walton and Alma Dicks Bush, her husband, and three children, Bernard Long, Alma Ann Long, and Northern Long; one sister, Eleanor Helen Pressley, and two brothers, William Bush and James Bush. She leaves to cherish her memory: her daughter, Bernice Long DeLoach and her devoted son-in-law, Tyrone DeLoach, Aiken, SC; her son, Rev. Dr. Lorenzo (April) Long, Columbia, MD; three grandchildren, Daphne DeLoach, David Long, Selwyn DeLoach; two great-grandchildren, Christian and Chandler; her sister, Geneva Jones, Aiken, SC; three brothers, Earl Bush, Aiken, SC, Walton Bush Jr., Brooklyn, NY and George (Essie) Bush, Beech Island, SC; devoted sister-in-law, Ida Mae (Fred) Bell, Aiken, SC; other sisters-in-law, Arrie Mae Long, Baltimore, MD and Irene Bush, Aiken, SC. Friends may call at the residence or at Jackson-Brooks Funeral Home.
The Augusta Chronicle-March 15, 2010
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