Doris DeLong

Doris Louise DeLong WEST COLUMBIA: Service for Doris Louise DeLong, 85, will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, January 23, 2012, at City of Hope Worship Center, officiated by Rev. Neal Nolan. Entombment will follow at Southland Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Sunday, January 22, 2012, at Thompson Funeral Home of Lexington. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to City of Hope Worship Center, 1403 D Avenue, West Columbia, SC 29169. Mrs. DeLong, widow of Donald Lee Delong, after 57 years of marriage, passed peacefully into Heaven Friday, January 20, 2012. Born in Landis, NC, she was a daughter of the late Jesse Lee Yates and Annie Mae Clampet Yates. Formerly of Kannapolis/Concord, NC she had been a resident here since 1973. She was a member of the Pug Dog Club of America. Mrs. DeLong was a member of the Beach House Golf and Racket Club. She was an avid gardener and bird watcher. She loved playing games and enjoyed watching people. She was a wonderful mother and a faithful friend. A vibrant, happy, loving and care free person, she will be greatly missed. Surviving are her daughters, Wendy DeLong Daley (David) and Kathy DeLong -Anson (Bob); eight grandchildren, Harrison, Dillon, Logan and Isaiah Daley and Randall and Kenny Cartner, Amanda DuBose Oswalt and Greg DuBose; one great grandchild, Sophie Cartner; also her pugs, Bridgette and Gracie. Special thanks to the nurses on the Adria Unit at the Lowman Home, they cared for her as if she was their mother. Family and friends may sign online guest book at www.thompsonsfuneral.com