Leona Belle Elledge Long (Oney) || Obituary

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Leona Belle Elledge Long (Oney), 53, passed away in Palmer, Tx March 5, 2022.

Services will be held at Fry-Gibbs in Paris, Texas, on Friday, March 11, at 2 p.m. A graveside service will follow at Providence Cemetery. A visitation will be held for friends and family the evening before, March 10, 2022, from 6 – 8 p.m.

Leona was born on August 13, 1968, in Grand Prairie, TX, to Billie and Ellen Elledge. She married Rickey Long on January 20, 1989, in Glen Heights, TX. Leona was loved by so many. She loved cooking and sewing and family get-togethers, going to church and supporting Jon and Keona in their sports. She loved camping, going to wrestling shows, and the color purple. Her favorite thing to eat was pudding and biscuits and she sure loved to cook them.

She was an amazing daughter, sister, wife, mom, grandma and friend, and most of all she loved her family.

“Oney” is survived by her mother, Ellen Elledge and husband, Arthur; husband of 33 years, Rickey; sisters, Mary Potter and husband, Tommy, Nancy Mills and husband, Eddie; brothers, Carl, Curtis, Darrell and Allen Elledge; her 2 daughters, Shonda Burciaga and husband, Matthew, Ellen Alexander and husband, Dustin; her son, Jonathan Long; and her precious grandchildren, Keona, Nathan and Zoey Burciaga.

She was preceded in death by her father, Billy Dee Elledge and Father-in-law, Charles Long; son, Charlie Dee Long; grandparents, DC and Leona Willborn and Elmer and Penny Elledge and Motty Belle Dotty.

Pallbearers will be Timothy Rodger, Andy Long, James Howard, Gary Tubb, Danny Shelton, Darrell Elledge and Jerry Gaithersburg.

On behalf of the Long family, we thank you so much for the support and kind words.