Martha Gatlin Long Obituary
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Martha Gatlin Long of Pawleys Island, South Carolina, born in Orangeburg, South Carolina, who passed away on May 12, 2026, at the age of 91, leaving to mourn family and friends. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
As we bid Martha farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Martha is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
She was predeceased by: her husband Franklin B. Long; her parents, Versula Edwins Gatlin and Marvin M. Gatlin; her siblings, Edwin Gatlin, Sue Jackson and Doris Schooner; and her granddaughter Holly Elizabeth Long.
She is survived by: her children, Franklin B. Long, Jr. of Beaufort and Terri L. Price; her son-in-law Steven W. Price; her grandchildren, Brittany Marie Long of Columbia and Ashton Elizabeth Price of San Francisco; and her great grandchild Cameron James Price of St. Petersburg, Florida..
