TITLE:  Melanie Love Long

SOURCE:  The Post and Courier, June 22, 2001

SUBMITTED:  The Post and Courier

FORMATTED:  Kim Grissom, June 2001

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Melanie Love Long, 36, wife of Gary David Long, of Mount Pleasant, 
died Thursday, June 21, 2001, following a courageous battle with cancer
. The funeral services will be held in East Cooper Baptist Church, 
Mount Pleasant, S.C., Saturday, June 23, 2001, at 11 o'clock. Interment
will be in Hillcrest Cemetery, Texarkana, Texas. Friends may call at J.
HENRY STUHR, INC., MOUNT PLEASANT CHAPEL, this Friday afternoon, from 
5 until 7 o'clock. Melanie was born in Brinkley, Ark., a daughter of 
Gilbert Lane and Marilyn Chance Lane. She was a graduate of the 
University of Texas, Austin, and Colorado Tech where she earned a 
degree in logistics. Melanie worked for the Department of Defense in 
Washington, D.C., and she was most recently employed with Hitt 
Contracting in Charleston. Surviving are her husband of Mount Pleasant,
her parents of Texarkana, Texas, her son, Victor A. Long, and her 
daughter, Julia L. Long, both of Mount Pleasant, S.C., a sister, 
Crisney Lane of Texarkana, Texas, a brother and sister-in-law, Alan 
and Brittany Lane of Tyler, Texas, and a sister and brother-in-law, 
April and Rick Wegman of Stuart, Fla. Melanie also leaves behind her 
grandmother, Elizabeth Lane and grandfather, James Chance of Texarkana,
Texas, as well as many other loving relatives and friends. Memorials 
may be made to East Cooper Baptist Church, 361 Egypt Road, Mount 
Pleasant, S.C. 29464, or to the American Cancer Society, 5900 Core 
Road, Suite 504, North Charleston, S.C. 29406. Arrangements by J. 
HENRY STUHR, INC., MOUNT PLEASANT CHAPEL.  (The Post and Courier June 
22, 2001)

Melanie Love Long, 36, wife of Gary David Long, of Mount Pleasant, 
died Thursday, June 21, 2001, following a courageous battle with cancer.
The funeral services will be held in East Cooper Baptist Church, Mount 
Pleasant, S.C., Saturday, June 23, 2001, at 11 o'clock. Interment will 
be in Hillcrest Cemetery, Texarkana, Texas. Memorials may be made to 
East Cooper Baptist Church, 361 Egypt Road, Mount Pleasant, S.C. 29464,
or to the American Cancer Society, 5900 Core Road, Suite 504, North 
Charleston, S.C. 29406. Arrangements by J. HENRY STUHR, INC., MOUNT 
PLEASANT CHAPEL. (The Post and Courier June 23, 2001)

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