Alberta Louise Long, 84, Peculiar, MO died Sunday, January 8, 2012 at The Rehabilitation Center of Raymore in Raymore, MO. Services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 14, 2012 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville. Private burial in White Oak Cemetery, Urich, MO. Family will receive friends 10:00-11:00 a.m. Saturday at the chapel.

Alberta was born February 22, 1927 in Collins, MO, the daughter of Lloyd and Capitola (Tucker) Best. She married Herbert B. Long on September 28, 1947 in Clinton, MO. They had lived in Collins and Clinton before moving to Peculiar in 1960. Alberta worked at Grace Garment Company as an embroiderer in both Clinton and Belton. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Peculiar, MO.

Alberta was preceded in death by her parents, one son, Harve Long in October, 2008, one brother, Omer Best in August, 2010 and her husband, Herbert B. Long on February 9, 2009. She is survived by two sons, Herbert (Bity) Long, Peculiar, MO and Howard Long, Garden City, MO; one daughter, Karen Long, Raymore, MO; one daughter-in-law, Cathy Long, Peculiar, MO; one brother, Leonard Best, Phoenix, AZ; one sister, Lola Mae Coberly, Kansas City, MO; four grandchildren, Beth, Jim, Brian and Megan and six great-grandchildren, Brandon, Nicole, Mathew, Jakob, Kaleb and Benjamin.