James Edmond Long

James Edmond Long passed away Friday, January 4, 2019. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, January 6, 2019, at Fairview United Methodist Church with burial in Forsyth City Cemetery. Rev. Stanley Harrell will officiate. The family will greet friends the day of service from 2:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m., at the church. Mr. Long, the son of the late David Tillman Long and Mary Lizzie Coleman Long was born April 15, 1926, in Jacksonville, Florida. He was retired from Georgia Power Company with thirty-eight years of service. Mr. Long was a veteran of the United States Navy and Seabees, a member, deacon and treasurer with Fairview United Methodist Church and a former commissioner for Monroe County. Survivors include his wife of seventy years, Mary Jackson Long; daughters, Sandra Waldrep (Jimmy) and Susan Pearce (Gerral); grandson; Brian Todd Smith (Mary Kay); triplet great grandchildren, Benjamin, Matthew and Mary Margaret Smith; and several nieces and nephews. Flowers will be accepted or the family suggests donations to Fairview United Methodist Church, 137 Fairview Church Road, Forsyth, Ga 31029. Monroe County Memorial Chapel has charge of arrangements.