Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
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DeathApr 26, 2026, Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina [27586]
BurialMount Pleasant United Methodist Cemetery (Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church Alamance), 4400 Alamance Church Road, Guilford County, North Carolina [27596], [27586]
FatherRobert Kerr LONG (1904-1927)
MotherElizabeth Irene STUCKEY (1909-1976)
Marriage1950 [27586]
Obituary Online notes for Reva Kerr (Spouse 1)
Reva was raised in Whitsett, NC. She met her husband, Howard, through her friends, Winnie Greeson Stafford and Howard Stafford. Howard and Reva married in 1950 and had two children, Stephen Kerr Hudson, and Jenny Lynne Hudson. Stephen married Carol Cole from Sanford, NC and Jenny married Stephen Paul Wilson from Haw River, NC. One grandchild, Parker Cole Hudson. [27596]
Reva Kerr Long Hudson
September 16, 1927 - April 26, 2026
Reva Kerr Long Hudson Obituary
Reva Kerr Long Hudson passed away peacefully at the AuthoraCare Collective Hospice Home on Sunday, April 26, 2026 after a brief illness. Born September 16, 1927, Reva grew up in Whitsett, NC, attended Greensboro Beauty College, and practiced cosmetology in Alamance County at several local salons during her career. She met and married Howard Hudson of the Kimesville community in 1950 and together they raised two children, Steve and
Jenny. Upon Reva's retirement from cosmetology and Howard’s retirement from the data processing field, they enjoyed traveling on the east coast collecting and selling antiques and both were employed in their golden years beginning in 1997 at Granddaddy’s Antiques. Howard’s death in 2017 forever changed Reva’s life as she moved from her beloved home in the country to her independent living apartment in Burlington at Oak Creek, then later to Cedar Ridge Independent Living Community in Burlington.
Reva was born to the late Robert Kerr Long and Elizabeth Stuckey Long in Burlington. After Reva’s birth father, Robert Kerr Long died of pneumonia at age 27 before Reva's birth in that same year, her mother married Clarence R. Ingle who was a very special stepfather to Reva whom she admirably called “Daddy.” Survivors are son, Stephen Hudson and wife, Carol of Jamestown, NC, daughter, Jenny Wilson and husband, Steve of Haw River and grandchild, Parker Hudson of Greensboro, NC. Her only living sibling is Linda Ingle Gerringer of Warsaw, NC, formerly of Gibsonville. She is also survived by many loving nieces and nephews as well as her special cousin who was like a sister, Faye Sellars Strickland. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Howard of 67 years of marriage, and her beloved sisters, June Long Greeson , Shirley Ingle Younger, and Jeanette Ingle Scott. Reva’s faith and love for the Lord will be with her in her eternal life joining her family and friends at last.
The body will lie in state at the Rich & Thompson Mortuary in Burlington on Thursday, April 30, 2026.
A graveside service will be held at 11:00 am on Friday, May 1, 2026 at Mt. Pleasant Church Cemetery in Liberty, North Carolina by Pastor Keith Edwards.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in Reva’s memory to Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church, 4400 Alamance Church Rd., Liberty, NC. 27298 or to a charity of your choice.
https://www.richandthompson.com/obituaries/Reva-Kerr-Long-Hudson?obId=48237272 [27586]
Reva Kerr Long Hudson
September 16, 1927 - April 26, 2026
Reva Kerr Long Hudson Obituary
Reva Kerr Long Hudson passed away peacefully at the AuthoraCare Collective Hospice Home on Sunday, April 26, 2026 after a brief illness. Born September 16, 1927, Reva grew up in Whitsett, NC, attended Greensboro Beauty College, and practiced cosmetology in Alamance County at several local salons during her career. She met and married Howard Hudson of the Kimesville community in 1950 and together they raised two children, Steve and
Jenny. Upon Reva's retirement from cosmetology and Howard’s retirement from the data processing field, they enjoyed traveling on the east coast collecting and selling antiques and both were employed in their golden years beginning in 1997 at Granddaddy’s Antiques. Howard’s death in 2017 forever changed Reva’s life as she moved from her beloved home in the country to her independent living apartment in Burlington at Oak Creek, then later to Cedar Ridge Independent Living Community in Burlington.
Reva was born to the late Robert Kerr Long and Elizabeth Stuckey Long in Burlington. After Reva’s birth father, Robert Kerr Long died of pneumonia at age 27 before Reva's birth in that same year, her mother married Clarence R. Ingle who was a very special stepfather to Reva whom she admirably called “Daddy.” Survivors are son, Stephen Hudson and wife, Carol of Jamestown, NC, daughter, Jenny Wilson and husband, Steve of Haw River and grandchild, Parker Hudson of Greensboro, NC. Her only living sibling is Linda Ingle Gerringer of Warsaw, NC, formerly of Gibsonville. She is also survived by many loving nieces and nephews as well as her special cousin who was like a sister, Faye Sellars Strickland. She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Howard of 67 years of marriage, and her beloved sisters, June Long Greeson , Shirley Ingle Younger, and Jeanette Ingle Scott. Reva’s faith and love for the Lord will be with her in her eternal life joining her family and friends at last.
The body will lie in state at the Rich & Thompson Mortuary in Burlington on Thursday, April 30, 2026.
A graveside service will be held at 11:00 am on Friday, May 1, 2026 at Mt. Pleasant Church Cemetery in Liberty, North Carolina by Pastor Keith Edwards.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in Reva’s memory to Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church, 4400 Alamance Church Rd., Liberty, NC. 27298 or to a charity of your choice.
https://www.richandthompson.com/obituaries/Reva-Kerr-Long-Hudson?obId=48237272 [27586]