Statesville, March 14—Judge B.F. Long, recognized as one of the ablest judges on the Supreme court bench of North Carolina, died at his home here this afternoon about 2 o’clock, death resulting from a stroke of paralysis which he suffered a few hours before.
Funeral services will he held here Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock and interment will be in Oakwood cemetery.
Benjamin Franklin Long was born in Graham, Alamance county, March 19, 1853, being nearly 72 years of age. He began the practice of law in 1878, forming a partnership with Maj. W.M. Robbins of Statesville. He was elected solicitor of this judicial district in 1886, serving with distinction in that capacity for eight years.
He became Superior court judge January 1, 1903, and was for 22 years on the bench, serving in every section of North Carolina. He has shown himself to be a jurist of a high order.
From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., March 16, 1925
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