NAME: HELEN MAE (MERRICK) LONG , AGE 76, OF COALGATE, OK. BORN: OCTOBER 5, 1927 AT WEWOKA, OK TO JOHN THOMAS AND ANNA MAE (WALLACH) MERRICK. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2003 AT ADA, OK. AGE: 76 YEARS 1 MONTH 21 DAYS EDUCATION: SHE ATTENDED HIGH SCHOOL AT ADA, GRADUATING IN 1945. ALSO ATTENDED ECU AT ADA. MARRIED: EUGENE HARRIS LONG ON MAY 4, 1941 AT ADA, OK. OCCUPATION: HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF COALGATE METHODIST CHURCH. SURVIVED BY SONS: JOHN LONG OF BAKERSFIELD, CA. BOB LONG OF SULPHUR, OK. SISTERS: JOANN MCMASTER OF PAYSON, AZ. LAFERN MERRICK OF MESA, AZ. 10 GRANDCHILDREN, 3 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: EUGENE LONG ON MAY 8, 2003. PARENTS: JOHN (MAY, 1976) AND ANNA MERRICK. DAUGHTER: JANNA TEGTMEIER OF BARTLESVILLE, OK. GRANDDAUGHTER: JOANNA LONG OF BAKERSFIELD ON JULY 15, 1996.

DATE OF SERVICE: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2003 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICE: COALGATE METHODIST CHURCH. INTERMENT: LEHIGH CEMETERY ~ LEHIGH, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. DAVID ROWLEY. CASKETBEARERS: LEON LANOY, BALEY EDDINGS, RICHARD EDDINGS, BOB CODY, GARY COFFEE, STEVE CODY.