- Date Of Birth: December 4, 1924
- Date Of Death: January 14, 2018
- State: Indiana
Cleatus Jefferson Long, 93, of Claremont, North Carolina, formerly of Elnora, Indiana, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 14, 2018 at the Charles George VA Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina. He was born on December 4, 1924 in Elnora to George Oliver and Tena M. (Christenbury) Long.
Cleatus was a US Army WWII veteran. He was a member of the Elnora American Legion Post #245 and was a retired farmer.
Survivors include: two daughters, Teresa (Ron) Myers of Claremont, NC and Cathy (Dale) Williams of Elizabethton, TN; two sons, Randall Long of Beech Grove, IN and Kevin Long of Terre Haute, IN; grandchildren: Brian Myers, Alex Myers, Heather Myers, Kristen Baird, Katie Crowder, Michael Williams, Claressa Knight, Branda Buskirk, Jerad Long, Emily Long, Dylan Long, Jesse Long, Jennifer Alden, Tiffany Long.
Cleatus was preceded in death by: his parents; his wife, Betty Long; one daughter, Vanessa Kaye Rowe and one son, Jimmy Dale Long; brothers, Ernest, Joseph, Walter, George, Randolph, Oral and sister, Velma (Murel) Ferguson.
