Monteen W. Long

North Augusta, SC—Funeral Services for Mrs. Monteen W. Long, 93, who entered into rest January 11, 2019 will be conducted Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock from the Posey Funeral Chapel. Pastor Rich Bowen officiating. Interment will follow in Pineview Memorial Gardens. Monteen was born in December of 1925 and grew up in the rural area of Lincoln County, Georgia. She always said that they were poor but always had something to eat and the love of a caring family. Some of her early memories are of working in the fields picking cotton and cultivating other food crops and milking cows. Her family was very dedicated to honoring the family structure of faith in God and church attendance. She remembers walking to church along dirt roads. Monteen was very proud of her home church, Martins Crossroads Congregational Holiness Church, which was organized in her grandparents’ home in 1921. That Church is still going strong today and for almost 100 years has been a lighthouse for God’s Holy Word. Returning to that rural church for homecoming every year was a highlight of the year for her and the family. Monteen left home and ventured to the cotton mill town of Greenwood, South Carolina during her teens. There, she lived in a boarding house with other young ladies and did a number of jobs. Some of those new friends evolved into life-long friendships. It was there that she met Charles Long and they were married in 1945. She and Charles lived in Florida and Mississippi during Charles’s Army Air Corps time and then settled in North Augusta in 1947. Here they made many new friends, had two children (Richard and Judy) and lived in their home on Columbus Ave for over 60 years. Mr. Long passed away in 2012. Monteen worked several jobs outside of the home over the years including being a seamstress, a cloth store salesperson and film developer but what she did best was be a wonderful wife and mother. She always made sure her home was a wonderful place to live or visit. Monteen was an excellent cook and many friends and family have enjoyed great meals at her table. She had a strong faith in Jesus Christ, our Savior, and shared that through teaching Sunday School, working with the ladies auxillary and showing love and care to those in need. For a number of years she was Charles’s primary caregiver as he suffered with a cruel disease. This caregiving took a toll on her health after his death but she always persevered and made the best of her remaining years with her loving family and friends. He family will greatly miss her but rejoices that she is no longer in pain and is present with the Lord. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Rich and Margaret Long, North Augusta, SC; a daughter and son-in-law, Judy and Bruce Curtis, North Augusta, SC; a brother, Billy Wheless, Simpsonville, SC; a sister, Melba Alexander, Greenwood, SC; four grandchildren, Robert Long, Charles (Erin) Long, Melissa (Eric) Anderson and Jacob McCarthy; eight great-grandchildren, Michael Long, Ashley Long, Clark Long, Grant Long, Kelsey Maypole, Billy Maypole, Katie Maypole and Taylor Maypole. The family will receive friends at the funeral home this Monday evening from 5 until 7. Posey Funeral Directors of North Augusta is in charge of arrangements (803.278.1181). Visit the registry at www.PoseyCares.com

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Monteen W. Long

December 20, 1925 - January 11, 2019