VIEWING: Wednesday, August 6, 2025/ Time: 12:30 PM - 5:00 PM and 1 hour prior to the service

SERVICE: Thursday, August 7, 2025/ Time: 1:00 PM/ Feggins Chapel, 409 South Hill Avenue, South Hill, VA 23970/ Rev. Sharon Baskerville, Officiating

INTERMENT: Crestview Memorial Park, 18599 Highway One, North, LaCrosse, VA 23950

Mary Estelle Jones Long, affectionately known as “Eudie,” daughter of the late William J. Jones and Eva Montgomery, was born May 22, 1934, in Mecklenburg County, VA, and departed this life July 31, 2025, in VCU-Community Memorial Hospital, South Hill, VA. She was preceded in death by her siblings- Bernice, Ruth, Corine, Howard, William, Wesley and Wes Jones, and Sandra Parrish.

At an early age, Mary was baptized and attended Diamond Grove RZUA Church. She graduated from Thyne Institute in Chase City, VA. She was a retired seamtress.

Three children were born to the marital union of Hilton Long. A daughter, Gail, also preceded her in death.

Mary is survived by two children- Karen Turner of Norfolk, VA and Tonya James of Petersburg, VA; three sisters- Grace Claiborne of Charlotte, NC; Florence Hutcheson of South Hill, VA and Celestine Gregory (Lonnie) of Baskerville, VA; two brothers- Drewry (Venecia) Jones of Chesterfield, VA and Roy Jones of South Hill, VA; two sisters-in-law- Martha Jones of South Hill, VA and April Sweeney-Jones of LaCrosse, VA, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.