Joseph Eugene Long
May 29, 1942 - October 27, 2018
Obituary for Joseph Eugene Long
Funeral
services for Joseph Eugene Long, 76, of Claremore, Oklahoma, are 2:00
pm, Wednesday, October 31, 2018, at Green Country Funeral Home.
Pallbearers are Jimmy Trammel, Brandon Trammel, Lynn Trammel, Tyler
Trammel, Pat McDonald, and Cameron Lewis. Honorary Pallbearers are Larry
Trammel, David Trammel, Bill Campbel, Darrell Trammel and Kevin
Shoemaker. Interment will follow in the Tahlequah City Cemetery under
the care of Green Country Funeral Home. Online condolences may be left
at tahlequahfuneral.com.
Joseph Eugene Long, better known as Joe Long was born May 29, 1942, at St. Joseph Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina to Joseph George Long and Evelyn Ruby Louise (Helton) Long.
Joe Spent part of his life on the Cherokee Indian Reservation in North Carolina and part in Southard, Maryland.
He attended Soco Elementary School and Cherokee High School in Cherokee North Carolina. Joe completed police training in North Carolina and was a member of the Cherokee Police Department. In addition he was commissioned by the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. After moving to Tahlequah, Oklahoma he carried a special deposition by the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Department and the Tahlequah Police Department.
Joe had also furthered his education by attending Maryland State University, Portland University in Oregon, the University of California at Berkeley, and Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.
Joe’s career covered a wide range of occupations, starting with commercial fishing in Maryland, the United States Marine Corp, serving in Okinawa, Japan, Police Officer, apartment and restaurant management, Tribal Housing Management, to his final career with the US Public Health Services as Health Systems Manager for 22 years.
He said his most difficult but enjoyable and rewarding position was serving as Administrative Officer at the W. W. Hastings Indian Hospital at Tahlequah, Oklahoma. He worked at the Old Hastings Hospital and was the first Administrative Officer at the new Hospital in Tahlequah.
Joe was preceded in death by his mother, father, and sister Patricia Ann.
He is survived by his wife, Loretta of the home; one daughter, Joelene Steelmon; one step daughter, Raelyn McDonald; three granddaughters, Lauren and Meryl McDonald and Tiffany Steelmon; one brother, Johnny K. George, of Cherokee, North Carolina; several nieces and nephews; and many dear friends.
Joseph Eugene Long, better known as Joe Long was born May 29, 1942, at St. Joseph Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina to Joseph George Long and Evelyn Ruby Louise (Helton) Long.
Joe Spent part of his life on the Cherokee Indian Reservation in North Carolina and part in Southard, Maryland.
He attended Soco Elementary School and Cherokee High School in Cherokee North Carolina. Joe completed police training in North Carolina and was a member of the Cherokee Police Department. In addition he was commissioned by the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. After moving to Tahlequah, Oklahoma he carried a special deposition by the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Department and the Tahlequah Police Department.
Joe had also furthered his education by attending Maryland State University, Portland University in Oregon, the University of California at Berkeley, and Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.
Joe’s career covered a wide range of occupations, starting with commercial fishing in Maryland, the United States Marine Corp, serving in Okinawa, Japan, Police Officer, apartment and restaurant management, Tribal Housing Management, to his final career with the US Public Health Services as Health Systems Manager for 22 years.
He said his most difficult but enjoyable and rewarding position was serving as Administrative Officer at the W. W. Hastings Indian Hospital at Tahlequah, Oklahoma. He worked at the Old Hastings Hospital and was the first Administrative Officer at the new Hospital in Tahlequah.
Joe was preceded in death by his mother, father, and sister Patricia Ann.
He is survived by his wife, Loretta of the home; one daughter, Joelene Steelmon; one step daughter, Raelyn McDonald; three granddaughters, Lauren and Meryl McDonald and Tiffany Steelmon; one brother, Johnny K. George, of Cherokee, North Carolina; several nieces and nephews; and many dear friends.
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