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© The Chickasha Express-Star Chickasha, Oklahoma Thursday, June 14, 2007 April 24, 1924 ~ June 4, 2007 Nell was born April 24, 1924 in Centerville, Iowa the daughter of George Wesley and Virginia Evans Long. She passed away in her home on June 4, 2007 at the age of 83. Nell moved with her family to Tuttle Oklahoma in 1933 and graduated from Tuttle High School in 1941. During World War II Nell was accepted for Temporary Civil Service and after six weeks of orientation at Tinker Air Force Base was assigned to the Pentagon in Washington D.C. At the end of the war Nell moved to Sacramento, California and was employed at The Bank of America for sixteen and a half years. In December, 1961 Nell returned to Oklahoma and extended her banking career with The First National Bank and Trust Company of Oklahoma City, retiring as an Assistant Vice President in operations after serving that institution for twenty four years. Nell married Carl Edward Jones in May 1963. Carl preceded her in death June 3, 1995. Nell was preceded in death by her parents George Wesley Long, Virginia Mae Grimes; Three brothers: George Max Long, Richard "Dick" Long, and Robert Lee "Bob" Long. Nell is survived by two step-children: Patty Jones Harper and Lonnie Strickland. Three step-granddaughters, Gwen Harper, and Kim and Heather Strickland; Nephews Mack Henry Long, Bill Long; Nieces Kathy Faulkner, Mary Wilson, Kelly Baker and several grand nieces and nephews. A special acknowledgement to her step-father M.E. "Bud" Grimes, who was everything a father should be. Services were held at the First United Methodist Church in Tuttle. Burial was at Fairview Cemetery in Tuttle. |
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