Lorene Erma Eaton Long was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina to
Lillie Hooker Eaton and Fred Eaton on December 1, 1929, along with her twin
sister, Evelyn. Growing up in Winston-Salem as one of seven children, Lorene
and Evelyn shared a special twin bond that connected them throughout their
lives.
She became mother to Linda Marshall after marrying Bill Marshall,
eventually divorcing and re-marrying James McCuiston, whom she met at her job
as a bomb inspector at Western Electric; together, they completed their family
with daughter Cynthia McCuiston, Denise McCuiston, and Daniel McCuiston. Lorene
and James divorced, and Lorene married Henry “Hank” Hundley, and they both
retired from Western Electric (then AT&T). Together with Hank—the true love
of her life—they bought land in Willis, Virginia, and built a mountain home and
lake, where they enjoyed their retirement fishing, and gardening until Hank’s
untimely death. Lorene then sold their mountain home and land, and moved to
Mount Airy to live near her sister, Marie. There, she had a brief marriage to
Al Long, which ended in divorce. The last years of her life, she spent with her
daughter, Cynthia, who was her caretaker, in Lewisville, NC, enjoying time at
the Williams Senior Center, and summer afternoons spent on the front porch,
watching humming birds, and eating ice cream.
Lorene is survived by her sister, Velma Ashley (Hayward) of South
Carolina; daughter, Linda Urbano of New York, daughter, Cynthia Kiger, of North
Carolina, daughter, Denise Lawrence
(Ron) of North Carolina; son, Daniel McCuiston (Alice) of Kentucky; and
grandchildren, Rachel Rabinowitz, of New York, Ian Lawrence, of Colorado,
Bonnie Lawrence, of California, and Sonsera Kiger, of North Carolina.
Funeral services will be held at Noon on Thursday, July 8, 2021 in the
Maberry Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Roy Turpin officiating. Interment will
follow in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10
a.m. until Noon prior to the service at the funeral home.
