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Obituary: 1928-2017. Annie Ruth Hudson Long went to be with the Lord on July 22, 2017 in Austin, Texas at the age of 89. She will be laid to rest alongside her late husband of 49 years, Jay Angus Long, at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas on August 4, 2017. Ruth was born in the Henderson, Texas area on February 6, 1928. She was one of ten children of Rosalie Ellis Hudson and Arden Arthur Hudson. She graduated from Gaston High School in Joinerville, Texas. Ruth and Jay met and married in 1946 and they had two children together. Ruth did bookkeeping for several companies and worked for the Department of Public Safety in Lufkin, Texas for 20 years before she retired. She enjoyed sewing, dominos, cards, bowling, and most of all her family. She and Jay spent many years traveling together before he passed in 1996. Ruth was also preceded in death by her parents, seven of her brothers, and her sister. Ruth will be greatly missed and is survived by her daughter, Caren Ann Hoffpauir, and son, Gary Jay Long; her grandchildren, Caris Nicole and her husband Jarod Altimore, Ruth Ann Long, Rachel Rushing Long, and John Jay Long; and her great-grandson Jackson Samuel Altimore. She is also survived by her brother, Russell Lee Hudson. Published in The Lufkin Daily News on Aug. 3, 2017