Florence Amelia Long, 69 years of Carthage, Missouri departed this life on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at Cox Medical Center South in Springfield, Missouri from injuries received in an automobile accident. Florence entered this life on September 6, 1939 in Sarcoxie, Missouri, daughter of the late Harry and Florence (Kaiser) Long. She was a raised in Sarcoxie, Missouri and was a 1957 graduate of the Sarcoxie High School. She worked at Juvenile Shoe in Sarcoxie and later for Schreiber Foods in Carthage, where she retired in 1997 after 25 years of employment. Her parents; and a sister, Phyllis Long, preceded her in death. Florence is survived by a son, Harold Cleveland and wife, Lynette, of Reeds, Missouri; three grandchildren, Lynette Yandell of Joplin, Missouri, Allen Cleveland of Joplin, Missouri and Dustin Cleveland of Reeds, Missouri; two great grandchildren; two sisters, Mary Wolford of Joplin, Missouri and Louise Beauchamp of Sarcoxie, Missouri; several nieces and nephews; as well as a host of other family and friends. Graveside funeral services for Florence Amelia Long are 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 31, 2009 at the Sarcoxie Cemetery with Pastor Kenneth Filsinger officiating. The family will receive friends on Friday evening from 6-7:00 p.m. in the Housh-Goodwin Funeral Home Chapel in Sarcoxie, Missouri. On-line condolences may be sent to the family through our website www.housh-goodwinfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are under the personal care and direction of the Housh-Goodwin Funeral Home in Sarcoxie, Missouri.