George Shannon "Doc" Long
- Born: 11 Sep 1883, Winn, LA
- Marriage (1): Mary Katherine "Kate" Shindel
- Marriage (2): Jewel Marie Tyson in 1953
- Died: 22 Mar 1958, Bethesda, Montgomery, MD at age 74
- Buried: Greenwood Memorial Park, Pineville, Rapides, LA
Noted events in his life were:
• census, 1900, Winnfield, Winn Parish, LA. Name: George S Long Home in 1900: Police Jury Ward 1, Winn, Louisiana Age: 16 Birthdate: Sep 1883 Birthplace: Louisiana Relationship to head-of-house: Son Father's Name: Huey P Mother's Name: Callie Race: White
• census, 1940, Ward 3, Grant Parish, LA. 1940 Census LA Grant E22-5-28
• Obituary, 1958. From: March 27, 1958 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American
Dr. George S. Long
Representative George S. Long, native of Winn Parish, was buried today, Thursday, in Pineville. The unexpected death of the Eighth District Congressional representative came Saturday at 12:25 p.m. in Bethesda, Md., Naval Hospital, following a heart attack Thurs. morning. He was 74.
Funeral services were at the First Baptist Church in Pineville, with burial in Greenwood Memorial Park in Pineville.
Dr. Long, a dentist by profession, was first elected to Congress in 1952, and was re-elected twice in 1954 and 1956. He had already announced as a candidate for reelection in the 1958 campaign.
He was a brother of Governor Earl Long, and the late Governor and Senator Huey Long, and an uncle of Senator Russell B. Long. Dr. Long also has numerous relatives in Winn Parish.
At the time of his death, Dr. Long was engaged in a fight to preserve the status of Fort Polk at Leesville. He has spearheaded other causes especially in the field of veterans affairs, being a member of the House Administration and Veterans Affairs committees.
He was an opponent of school integration and had sponsored a bill asking that U. S. Supreme Court justices be elected.
Dr. Long formerly resided in Oklahoma and served a term in the Oklahoma legislature before returning to Louisiana.
He was engaged in the manufacture of the patent medicine "Vita Long", having sold his interest in that business several years ago.
Survivors include his wife, the former Jewel Tyson of Pineville; two brothers, Governor Earl K. Long of Winnfield and Baton Rouge, and Julius T. Long of Shreveport; four sisters, Mrs. Clara Knott of Many, Mrs. Stewart Hunt of Ruston, Mrs. Lottie Davis of Ruston, and Mrs. Olive Cooper of Natchitoches.
See the article "Winn Parish As I Have Known It", by H. B. Bozeman in this issue of the Enterprise for additional information on Dr. Long, written by Mr. Bozeman, a lifelong friend.
• Notes. US Congressman. He was a practicing dentist when elected a member of the Oklahoma State House of Representatives, serving from 1920 to 1922. In 1935 he relocated to Louisiana and was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1948. In 1953, he was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third, Eighty-fourth, and Eighty-fifth Congresses and served until his death.
George married Mary Katherine "Kate" Shindel. (Mary Katherine "Kate" Shindel was born 1884 abt and died in 1950.)
George next married Jewel Marie Tyson, daughter of Edward Barney Tyson and Ida Beatrice Phillips, in 1953. (Jewel Marie Tyson was born 1908 abt.)
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