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==Later years==

==Later years==

Speedy Long resided in Jena and maintained a family law office there until his retirement in 2005. His law partner for ten years was the Third Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Jimmie C. Peters. In 1979, Peters ran for the same state Senate seat that Long had held earlier, but he lost out to then fellow Democrat Daniel "Dan" Richey, then of Ferriday in Concordia Parish.

Speedy Long resided in Jena and maintained a family law office there until his retirement in 2005. His law partner for ten years was the Third Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Jimmie C. Peters. In 1979, Peters ran for the same state Senate seat that Long had held earlier, but he lost out to then fellow Democrat [[Dan Richey]], then of Ferriday in Concordia Parish and later of Baton Rouge.

Long was a member of the First [[Baptist]] Church of Jena. He was also affiliated with  the American Legion and was a Mason, and a Shriner. He died on the morning of October 5, 2006,[1] at his home in Jena. In addition to his wife, sons, and granddaughter, Shelby Ann Long of Ventress in Pointe Coupee Parish, he was survived by four brothers, Willie F. Long of Jena, Earl K. Long and Steve Long, both of Olla, and Charles Long of Tullos; three sisters, Jo Beth Long Barber of Vicksburg, [[Mississippi]], and Sarah Long Allison and Willa Long Freeman, both of Natchitoches. Services were held on October 7, 2006, at the Hixson Brothers Funeral Home in Jena. Judge Peters delivered Long's eulogy. Mrs. Long, also a member of First Baptist Church in Jena and a graduate of Golden Meadow High School, died of a stroke in a Baton Rouge hospice on March 3, 2007, five months after her husband's passing. The Longs are interred at Magnolia Cemetery in Tullos.

Long was a member of the First [[Baptist]] Church of Jena. He was also affiliated with  the American Legion and was a Mason, and a Shriner. He died on the morning of October 5, 2006,[1] at his home in Jena. In addition to his wife, sons, and granddaughter, Shelby Ann Long of Ventress in Pointe Coupee Parish, he was survived by four brothers, Willie F. Long of Jena, Earl K. Long and Steve Long, both of Olla, and Charles Long of Tullos; three sisters, Jo Beth Long Barber of Vicksburg, [[Mississippi]], and Sarah Long Allison and Willa Long Freeman, both of Natchitoches. Services were held on October 7, 2006, at the Hixson Brothers Funeral Home in Jena. Judge Peters delivered Long's eulogy. Mrs. Long, also a member of First Baptist Church in Jena and a graduate of Golden Meadow High School, died of a stroke in a Baton Rouge hospice on March 3, 2007, five months after her husband's passing. The Longs are interred at Magnolia Cemetery in Tullos.