May 8, 1938 – Nov. 25, 2012

NATCHEZ — Services for Mary “Bobby” Long, 74, of the Cranfield community, who died Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012, at her residence, will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Laird Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jack Morris officiating.

Burial will follow at Heard Cemetery in Cathoula Parish under the direction of Laird Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today and from noon until service time Wednesday, both at the funeral home.

Mrs. Long was born May 8, 1938, in Wallace Ridge, La., the daughter of Robert Edwin Mason and Beatrice Ivy Mason.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, L.L. Long; one son, John Ed Polk; and two brothers, Charlie Mason and R.B. Mason.

Survivors include one daughter, Patricia Polk Granier; two sons, Jimmy and Tommy Polk; 15 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and one brother, Tommy Mason.

Pallbearers will be Michael Joseph Stewart, John Mason, Brian Allen Milligan, Bobby Hall, John Wayne Polk and Dion Jackson.

Online condolences may be sent to www.lairdfh.com.