Born: October 19, 1920 Schoolerville, Hamilton County, Texas

Died: March 1, 2016 Waco, McLennan County, Texas

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Parents:
Harrison Stanford (1891 – 1966)
Annie Laura Schooler Stanford (1892 – 1945)

Spouse:
Erskine S Long (1911 – 1990)

Siblings:
E. J. Stanford (1912 – 1979)
Rodney Lynn Stanford (1919 – 1919)
M. W. Stanford (1921 – 2000)
Tilda Maurine Stanford (1924 – 1925)

Rilla Juanita Stanford Long, 95, of China Spring, passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2016 in Waco.

Visitation with her family will be  5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Friday, March 4, at Lake Shore Funeral Home, 5201 Steinbeck Bend Road, in Waco. The funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, March 5, at Lake Shore Funeral Home with Rev. Mike Copeland and Rev. Jason Gray officiating. Burial will follow in China Spring Cemetery.

Rilla was born October 19, 1920 in Schoolerville, Hamilton County, Texas to Annie Schooler Stanford and Harrison Stanford. She married Erskine S. Long on January 27,1944 in Brady, Texas. Erskine passed away in 1990. Five children were born to this union, one of whom died in infancy, Rodney Lynn.

She is survived by her daughter, Belenda Ockels of Gholson; sons, Robert Long and his wife, Mindy of Austin, Darrel Long and his wife, Pamela of Anson, Texas and Tommy Long and wife, Debbie McCraw of China Spring; grandchildren, Christian Ockels and wife, Kelsey, Ryan Long and wife, Emily, Shiloh Long and wife, Naomi and Ely Long and Chance Sanders; great grandchildren, Devin Ockels, Bronson, Keaton and Owen Long, Ashlyn, Abigail and William Long and Lilli and Oliver Ockels; nieces, Rilla Bowles and husband, Chuck, Charlotte Hammonds and husband, Jackie, Cyndi Plunkett and husband, Mike, Bobbie Gibbs and husband, Bill, and Alma Stanford; and many great-nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Christian Ockels, Ryan Long, Shiloh Long, Ely Long, Chance Sanders and Devin Ockels.

In lieu of flowers, memorials in Rilla’s memory may be directed to the China Spring Cemetery Association or to Providence Hospice.