Doris Jean Long

Doris Jean (Hogan) Long, 91, of Hornbeak passed away March 26, 2025 at Baptist Hospital in Memphis. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 Friday, March 28 at Cryer Funeral Home in Obion with grandson, William Denman, Jr. officiating. Burial will follow at Antioch Cemetery near Hornbeak. Friends may call from 11:00 AM until the hour of service. Pallbearers will be Jerry Darnall, Josh Darnall, Dustin Darnall, Houston Darnall, Bill Denman and Johnathan Denman. Honorary pallbearers will be her 13 great-grandchildren. She was born March 15, 1934, in Union City, TN, daughter of the late Porter and Donie (Lovett) Hogan. When she was 11 months old, her mother died and she was raised by an aunt and uncle, the late Leavie (Lovett) and Earnest Moore. She was a homemaker and farmer’s wife and did everything from drive a tractor and feed cows and hogs to string barbed wire and haul hay. She also worked at both Hornbeak School and Black Oak School cafeterias for over 29 years, the last several of those years as the cafeteria manager. She was the valedictorian of the 1952 graduating class of Hornbeak High School. She was a member of the former Webb’s Chapel Church of Christ until its closure in 1979 where she taught Sunday school. She then became a member of the Hornbeak Church of Christ where she also taught Sunday school, and finally was worshipping at Bishop Street Church of Christ until her death. She married the love of her life, Eugene Long, on December 27, 1952. He died November 3, 1999. She loved sewing and quilting until arthritis in her hands no longer allowed her to do so. She also loved working crossword and Sudoku puzzles and reading, especially the Bible and had read it through many times. Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law: Linda and Jerry Darnall, and Judy and Bill Denman, all of Hornbeak, four grandchildren: Josh (Nina) Darnall of Union City, Dustin (Laura) Darnall of Goodlettsville, TN, William (Emmylou) Denman of Dyer, TN, and Johnathan (Elisabeth) Denman of Hornbeak, and 13 great-grandchildren: Dillon, Hunter, Eli Darnall of Union City, Bryson Smith of Obion, Houston and Kasten Darnall of Goodlettsville, TN, Emma Claire, Anna, and Will Denman of Dyer, TN, Dacey, Amberly, Chloe, and Weston Denman of Hornbeak, one sister Arlene Hogan Fulmer of Germantown, TN and sister-in-law, Jean Marilyn Greene Hogan of Kernersville, NC and a multitude of nieces and nephews. Family was second only to God in her life. She was also preceded in death by two brothers Lenard and Norman “Toby” Hogan, two sisters, Virginia Hogan Sawdey and Vicie Hogan Ruff, a daughter-in-law, Britney Castellaw Denman, two nephews Pat Hogan and John Sawdey, and two great-nephews Justin Hogan and Timothy Hogan.

Doris Jean Long

March 15, 1934 - March 26, 2025

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March 15, 1934 - March 26, 2025

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