NAME: RUEL ELVIN JOHNNY LONG, AGE 75, AN ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: SEPTEMBER 13, 1928 TO ESTEL ELVIN AND OPAL LEE (BESSENT) LONG AT MCLEAN, TX.

PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JULY 10, 2004 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 75 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS.

EDUCATION: JOHNNY ATTENDED SCHOOL IN MODESTO, CA AND NUMEROUS MILITARY SCHOOLS.

OCCUPATION: HE WORKED SOME 25 YEARS AS A MECHANIC AND LATER AS A CROSS COUNTRY TRUCK DRIVER. AFTER COMING TO THE ATOKA AREA HE DID LAWN WORK AND MOWED CEMETERIES.

JOHNNY WAS A SCOUT MASTER FOR MANY YEARS, HE FOUNDED A CUB PACK AND A BOY SCOUT TROOP AND AN AREA YOUTH GROUP IN CALIFORNIA. HE ENJOYED BEING OUTSIDE AND LOVED FISHING.

SURVIVED BY

CHILDREN: SHERRIE MORALES AND HUSBAND RAPHAEL OF VANCOUVER, WA. LEO LONG AND WIFE CAROL OF RIO LINDA, CA. DARRELL LONG AND WIFE CINDY OF MODESTO, CA. JARRELL LONG AND WIFE DE ANN OF AMARILLO, TX. BARBARA PROCTOR AND HUSBAND DARIN OF MIDLAND, TX. JONATHAN LONG OF WASHINGTON STATE.

FORMER WIFE: FRANCES LONG OF RIO LINDA, CA.

15 GRANDCHILDREN AND 6 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

SISTERS: BOBBIE JARRETT OF SHINGLE SPRINGS, CA. LINDA HENSHAW-KRAMM OF SUNOL, CA.

BROTHER: TRAVIS LONG OF CERES, CA.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: ESTEL ELVIN AND OPAL LEE LONG. SISTER: JERRY MCGILL.

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, JULY 15, 2004 AT 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: BERA CEMETERY ~ HARMONY, ATOKA COUNTY, OK.

OFFICIATING: ARVEL HALL

CASKETBEARERS: (SONS) LEO LONG, DARRELL LONG, AND JARRELL LONG, (GRANDSONS) RYAN LONG, KAYCEE PROCTOR, DREW LONG, SCOTT LONG.