Charlotte Marie Fortenberry

1933 - 2010

Charlotte Marie Long Fortenberry, 77, of Slidell passed away Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010, in Fort Worth from injuries received in an automobile accident. Funeral: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church in Slidell with the Rev. Bobby Cates officiating. Interment: Slidell Cemetery. Visitation: The family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Coker-Hawkins Funeral Home. Pallbearers will include Bill Davis, Tim Fletcher, John North, Wayne Lovejoy, Bert Pruett, David Schertz, Kevin Mitchell and Cody Vanover. Honorary pallbearers will include Edwin Pruett, Tooter Fletcher, Strike Franklin, Gary Smith, Mike Graves and Curtis Creswell. Memorials: The family suggests that memorials be made to the charity of choice. Charlotte was born June 12, 1933, in Lometa to John and Ora McMahan. She was adopted and raised by her aunt and uncle, Hubie and Bill Long. Charlotte had lived in the Slidell community since 1945. She married Freddie Gene Fortenberry on Aug. 15, 1953, in Slidell at the Long Ranch and was married 35 years at his death Dec. 7, 1988. She was also preceded in death by her parents; adoptive parents; and brothers, Foye McMahan and Hubert Long. Charlotte was a member of Slidell Baptist Church and the Eastern Star. Survivors: Left behind to cherish her memory are her daughter, Becky Ford and husband, Jerry, of Rosston; sons, Leslie Fortenberry and wife, Shirley, and Blake Fortenberry and wife, Sue, all of Slidell; grandchildren, Ethan Fortenberry, Chari Marie Richardson, Laura Jarrett and husband, Justin, Bain Fortenberry and Aubrey Fortenberry; great-grandson ("her man"), Landon Riley Jarrett; sister, Johnnie Ray Seale of Corpus Christi; brother, Dorman Long and wife, Bobbie, of Dallas; and many more stepgrandkids.