Nov 14, 1938 - Oct 22, 2012
Posted by Jo Aguirre
Helen Joan (French)
Longley
Nov 14, 1938 - Oct 22, 2012
Posted by Jo Aguirre
Harmon County Funeral Home
Helen Joan Longley, age 73, of Hollis, passed away Monday afternoon, October 22, 2012, at Jackson County Memorial Hospital, in Altus. Mrs. Longley was born in Birch Tree, Missouri, on November 14, 1938, to Henry Preston and Bertha (Rosenburg) French. Moving to Harmon County in the mid 1950’s she married Max Ray “Shorty” Longley on January 4, 1957, and he preceded her in death in 1996. A homemaker who loved her family, Helen enjoyed cooking, sewing and crocheting in her spare time.Preceded in death by her parents, her husband; seven sisters, Hazel Marie French, Irene Mayberry, Violet Marie Patterson, Ida Mae Lemley, Annabell French, Wilma Jean Hopkins, and Maryline Agnes Edwards; three brothers, George Robert French, Orville Ray French, and Kenneth Preston French.
She is survived by two
children, Raye Ann Longley and fiancée Mark Overton of Hollis
and Gary Longley of Hollis; and four sister-in-laws, Lavena
Burns and husband Glen of Hollis, Faye Plew of Altus, Louise
Argo of Purcell, OK, and Lillie Foust of Winona, MO.
Funeral services for Helen Joan Longley will be at 2 p.m.
Thursday, October 25, 2012, at the Harmon County Funeral Home
Chapel with Pastor Justin Sampler officiating. Interment will
follow at Fairmount Cemetery under the direction of Harmon
County Funeral Home of Hollis.
Online tributes may be made to the family at
www.HarmonCountyFuneral.com