Benjamin Long Jr. and Lillie Adlin Parrish
Benjamin Long and Lillie Parrish raised a family of twelve children in Johnston Co., North Carolina on a farm. Benjamin was a farmer but also worked in the Hatcher saw mill. He died of melanoma from a mole on his face. Lillie his wife was a strict prohibitionist and would not let her husband drink on his death bed to ease the pain. However, his son Marvin would sneak him a few sips every visit. According to Shelby Jean Long Corley "Grandma (Lillie) Long killed a black man with a hoe after he cut Grandpa (Benjamin) all the way across the middle.
Hatcher Cemetery in Selma on Hatcher Road.
Children of Benjamin Long Jr. and Lillie
| Name | Birth Date | Death Date | Married to Whom |
| Daisy Estelle Long | 04 Jun 1895 | 05 Mar 1976 |
Howard Stancil |
| James Thomas Long | 02 Nov 1896 | 03 Aug 1977 |
Effie Mae Garner (1) Bessie Atkins (2) |
| Mamie Lee Long | 28 Sep 1897 | 08 Jan 1990 |
George Washington Garner |
| William E. Long | 10 Jan 1901 | 08 Nov 1902 | Never Married |
| Lonnie E. Long | 03 Feb 1903 | 27 Aug 1964 |
Annette Ruby |
| Archibald Jasper Long | 27 Jul 1905 | Bef. 1966 |
Virgie |
| Marvin Thelbert Long | 18 May 1907 | 30 Nov 1974 |
Ruth Reams (1) Ruby Youngblood (2) |
| Benjamin Cecil Long | 16 Jun 1909 | 29 Mar 1966 |
Lydia Davis |
| Avery Lycenus Long | 04 Aug 1911 | 22 Apr 1977 |
Ethel Mae Letchworth |
| Hubert Percy Long, Sr. | 12 Nov 1914 | 25 Jul 1992 |
Salene Coley |
| Eddie Garland Long | 18 Oct 1917 | 03 Jun 1919 |
Never Married |
| Margaret Algia Long | 05 Aug 1920 | Still Living in CA |
Fred Strimple |