Obituary: Tributes paid to long-serving Rugby Royal Mail worker

Obituary: Don James Leroy Long

Don J. Long passed away on November 24, 2025, at his home in Sherwood, Arkansas. He was 91 years old. Don was born at sunrise on Sunday, July 8, 1934, to Myrtle Gower Long and James Clifton Long in the two room house hand-built by his parents in Newnata, Arkansas. In 1941, when Don was a seven-year-old boy in Mountain View, Arkansas, a visiting pilot was offering rides in his two seat Waco airplane for a fee. Don had always been fascinated by fl…

Obituary: Tributes paid to long-serving Rugby Royal Mail worker

Tributes have been paid to a dedicated Rugby Royal Mail worker who has died aged 68.