Odessa Long
Odessa Long, age 97, died Tuesday, February 3, 2015. She was a lifetime and the oldest member of Union Baptist Church. Odessa was a graduate of the Historic Langston High School. She was a 1940 graduate of AM&N Collage. She was a retired educator after forty years.
She was predeceased by her parents; Jonas and Gertrude Bassett Smith; husband, Robert Long; siblings, Eugene Smith, Curtis Smith, Anna Jacobs and Johnnie Belle Henderson. Survivors: children, Gregory Marcus (Deborah) Long and Wanice Long-Pitts; grandchildren, Damion and Danielle Pitts; her adopted grandson, Jonathan Carrigan; nieces and nephew, Ethel Coleman, Marion Uprins and Elton Smith; her extended family.
Services: 1:30 p.m., Saturday, February 7, 2015 at Union Baptist Church Visitation will be Friday from 5–7 p.m. at the church. Guest registry is at http://www.carriganmemorial.com. Arrangements: Carrigan Memorial Funeral Services. (501) 623-7664.
Published February 6, 2015