Barbara Ann Griffith Long, 83, one of God’s Angels, was called home on her birthday Wednesday, May 23, 2018, at LewisGale Medical Center in Salem, VA.
Barbara was born May 23, 1935, in Covington, VA, and was the daughter of Sheila Cary and Virginia James Paxton Griffith.
She was a member of the Women’s Army Corps from 1954 to 1955. She was a proud American. Barbara worked at The Greenbrier, waitressing for 42 and a half years. She never knew a stranger. She was a survivor of the 2016 flood, but it took a toll on her beautiful heart.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Albert Leroy Long; seven brothers, Clarence, Sheila “Jr.,” John “Jack,” Ernest, Larry, and James Griffith; four sisters, Catherine Smith, Mary Tucker, Ella Mae Howell and Alwilda Gilmore, and a “special” nephew, Avery Wayne Simmons.
She will be sadly missed by her sons Richard “Buster” Long and wife, Tammy, and David Long; daughters, Pat McCoy and Tana Unroe; along with eight grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held on Tuesday, May 29, 2018, at 11 a.m. at the Whatcoat United Methodist Church with Pastors James “Jimmy” Long and Ed Craft officiating. Interment followed at the Allegheny Burial Park at Low Moor, VA.
The family received friends from 6–8 p.m. at the church on Monday, May 28.
Onlince condolences may be sent by visiting WallaceandWallaceFH.com.
Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home in White Sulphur Springs is in charge of arrangements.
Obituary originally published in the May 29, 2018 edition of The West Virginia Daily News.
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