Velma Jean Parkinson
1954 - 2024
From the Dec 10, 2024 e-EditionHUNTINGDON — Mrs. Velma Jean Parkinson, 70, of Huntingdon, died at her home on Tuesday, December 3, 2024.
Mrs. Parkinson was born September 11, 1954, to the late Junnis Long and Anna Louise Richardson. She was preceded in death by one daughter, Keisha Monroe; sister, Joanne Long; brothers, Jerome Long, Junnis Long, and Frank Long.
She is survived by two daughters Toshiek (Eric) Long-Robinson and Julina Bik both of Huntingdon, Tennessee; five sisters, Sheila (Robert) Waters of Columbia, South Carolina, Gilda Gale of Bristol, Pennsylvania, Deborah Harris of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dorene Greene of Camden, New Jersey and Carol Long of Camden, New Jersey; brothers, Melvin Long of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Raymond Long of Pennsburg, Pennsylvania; and fourteen grandchildren.
Dilday-Carter Funeral Home, Huntingdon.
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