DATE: Thursday, July 31, 1997               TAG: 9707310308

SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B8   EDITION: FINAL 

DATELINE: HERTFORD                          LENGTH:   22 lines

RUBY K. LONG

Ruby Keaton Long, 82, of the 200 block of Woodland Circle, died July 29, 1997, in Chowan Hospital.

A native of Camden County, she was the widow of Ernest ``Dick'' Long and the daughter of the late Mary Britt and Robert Keaton. She was the retired co-owner of the former Dick's Drive-In and a member of the Bethel Baptist Church and its Willing Workers Sunday School Class.

Survivors include a daughter, Judy Long of Greenville; three sisters, Laura ``Dot'' Mathews of Hertford, Maude Paul of Amelia, Va., and Eloise Britt of Suffolk; and a brother, Robert ``Bob'' Keaton of Hertford.

The family will receive friends today from 7 to 9 p.m. at Swindell Funeral Home. A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday in Bethel Baptist Church by the Rev. Jerry Boyd. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Memorial gifts may be made to the Perquimans County Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 191, Hertford, N.C. 27944, or Bethel Baptist Church, Route 1, Hertford, N.C. 27944. KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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