Harry Long, Oklahoma

Harry Long, 68, of Oklahoma, died Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008.

He was born March 27, 1939, in Sedalia, a son of Samuel F. and Georgie Rose Silsby Long. On Oct. 29, 1977, he was married to Davalyn, who survives of the home.

After three years in the Marines, he joined the Air Force in 1960. He retired from the Air Force in 1978. He joined Seagate as a senior electronics technician and retired in January 2000.

He loved to sing. He was a member of the choir in churches from mid-Pacific (aboard ship) and in several states including California, Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, Maryland, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. He also sang in military chapels and in Zweibrucken, Germany, at an English speaking Baptist church.

At the Navel Training Center in Bainbridge, Md., he was a member of a men’s choral group. He was a member of Christian Life Fellowship. His church family was a major part of his life.

Also surviving are three sons, Chad Long, and his wife, Toni, of Plano, Texas, Ronald Brooks, and his wife, Paula, of Orlando, Fla., and Donald Brooks, of Oklahoma City; a daughter, Zona Scholl, and her husband, Rob, of Edmond, Okla.; and seven grandchildren, Zachary, of Plano; Amber, Chandra and Ericka, all of Edmond, Allyssa and Dustin, of Orlando, Fla., and Joshua Brooks, of Fort Lewis, Wash.

He was predeceased by his parents and a brother, Charles Long.

Funeral services were Monday at Christian Life Fellowship in Moore, Okla.

Arrangements were under the direction of Vondel L. Smith & Son Mortuary in Oklahoma.