Lillian Wilson Long

Topton, NC - Lillian Wilson Long, age 86, of Junaluska Road, Topton, NC passed away Friday, November 26, 2010 at a Murphy Hospital. She was born in Cherokee County, NC the daughter of the late Lee R. Mann and Nellie Morgan Mann. She was first married to Wayne Wilson who passed away in 1954 and second to John Long who passed away in 1984. She was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith. She was a loving mother and grandmother and loved to garden.

She is survived by three daughters, JoAnn Solesbee and her husband, Jim of Nantahala, NC, Violet Sellers of Adrian, GA and Barbara Prince of Nantahala, NC; one step-daughter, Syretta Beatty of Gastonia, NC. Three grandsons, six granddaughters, nine great-grandsons, nine great-granddaughters, two great-great-granddaughters, and two great-great-grandsons also survive. She was preceded in death by a son-in-law, Earl Sellers, one son, Joe Lee Wilson, one granddaugher, Dotsy Wilson, one great-grandson, Hunter Cope; two sisters, Lillie Mae Clark and Loree Clark; one brother, Boyce Waldroop.

Funeral services will be held Monday, November 29 at 2:00PM in the Chapel of Townson-Rose Funeral Home in Andrews with Rev. Jerry Lambert officiating. Burial will be held at Aquone Cemetery. Grandsons and Great-Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Nephews will serve as honorary pallbearers.

The family will receive friends Monday, November 29 from 1:00-2:00PM, one hour prior to service at Townson-Rose Funeral Home in Andrews.

Bryant-Grant Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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