Vivian Beatrice Long

ELIZABETHTON, TN - VIVIAN BEATRICE ANDERS LONG, 80, OF 117 MESSIMER LANE DIED FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2001. A NATIVE OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY AND A RESIDENT OF ELIZABETHTON MOST OF HER LIFE. MRS. LONG WAS A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE JAMES BURGIN AND FLORENCE ICENHOUR ANDERS AND THE WIFE OF CHARLES REAGEN LONG, JR. WHO DIED IN 1977. SHE WAS A 1938 GRADUATE OF LEE H. EDWARDS HIGH SCHOOL AND WHILE IN ASHEVILLE WORKED AS A KEY PUNCH OPERATOR AT POSTAL ACCOUNTS. SHE RETIRED FROM EAST TENNESSEE UNDERGARMENT COMPANY AFTER MANY YEARS OF SERVICE. MRS. LONG WAS A MEMBER OF SIAM BAPTIST CHURCH AND A FORMER MEMBER OF THE LADIES OF THE MOOSE. SURVIVING ARE HER SONS, KENNETH LONG AND WIFE, DIANE OF ELIZABETHTON AND J.B. LONG AND WIFE, FAYE OF ASHEVILLE; SISTER, RUTH FORREST OF RALEIGH; GRANDDAUGHTER, KRISTY LONG OF ELIZABETHTON; GRANDSON, CHARLIE LONG OF ASHEVILLE AND SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS. GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 1:30 P.M. MONDAY AT GREEN HILLS CEMETERY WITH THE REV. CHARLIE SAMS OFFICIATING. HER FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 12 NOON TO 1 P.M. MONDAY AT ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME. MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO THE CARTER COUNTY RESCUE SQUAD, P.O. BOX 776, ELIABETHTON, TENNESSEE 37643. TO REGISTER ON LINE, PLEASE GO TO THE FUNERAL SCHEDULE AT www.andersrice.com.