She was born Aug. 7, 1932, in Walnut Ridge, the daughter of the late Al and Audrey Long.
She was employed by Harding University from 1969 to 1995 as personnel insurance clerk, and she was selected as staff member of the year in 1988.
Prior to her employment at Harding, she served as Title I coordinator for the Rector Public Schools. She was a member of the college Church of Christ.
She is survived by her husband, Jess Bucy; two daughters, Carol Knight of Memphis and Beverly Frizzell of Harrison; two grandsons, Robert and Jonathan Knight; three sisters, Sally Hopper of Hardy, Sandra Russell of Rector, and Cindy Cooper of Bee Branch; one brother Charles Long of Beebe; three nieces and four nephews; three step-grandchildren and seven great step-grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted at 10 a.m. Monday, May 12, at the College Church of Christ in Searcy. Burial was in Woodland Heights Cemetery in Rector with Powell Funeral Home of Searcy in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were Harold Alexander, Harmon Brown, Don Eads, Don England, Howard Morris, Joe Seagraves, Robert Knight, Jonathan Knight, Billy Hopper, Bill Russell, Ronnie Cooper and Terry Frizzell.
The family requests memorials be made to the College Church of Christ Building Fund or to the Children's Home of Paragould.
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