Virginia DeLong

November 21, 1921 - May 1, 2012

VIRGINIA “Jenny” DeLONG, 90, of South Point, OH arrived in Heaven at 11:20 pm Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at Community Hospice in Ashland, KY.
Born November 21, 1921 in Lawrence County, OH, Jenny was the daughter of the late Florence and Orestes Townsend.
Jenny was a graduate of Pedro High School where she played basketball and met the love of her life, Henry DeLong of Kitts Hill. Jenny and Henry were married April 27, 1941. They spent the majority of their married life rearing a family in South Point. Along with her joy of being a mother, Jenny also enjoyed bowling and bowled in the same league for 40 years. She also enjoyed participating each year in the Mothers’ March for the March of Dimes where she won many awards for her fundraising efforts on behalf of her late grandchildren, Lori and Brent. She was a member of First Baptist Church, South Point.
In addition to her parents, Jenny was preceded in death by her sisters, Marjorie Townsend and Irene Brown; a brother, Ross Townsend; and grandchildren, Lori and Brent Carpenter.
Jenny is survived by her husband of 71 years, Henry DeLong of South Point; a son, Jeff (Linda) DeLong of South Point; a daughter, Jeanine (Sam) Carpenter of Scott Depot, WV; and grandsons, Eric (Katie) Carpenter of Oak Hill, WV and Jeffrey DeLong of South Point.
Pastor Daniel Beaver will officiate the services for Jenny which will be held at Slack and Wallace Funeral Home, Solida Road, South Point on Monday, May 7, 2012. Viewing will begin at 1:00 pm followed by the service at 2:00 pm. Entombment will follow at Highland Memorial Gardens, South Point.