Genevieve Gwynne Long

Genevieve Gwynne Long, 91, of Straits, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, January 19, 2024, at Riverpoint Crest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

The family will receive friends at Straits Methodist Church on Wednesday morning, January 24, from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. and the funeral will follow at 11 a.m. There will be no interment to follow. For those unable to attend, the service can be viewed through her obituary page on Munden Funeral Home's website. The service will remain on the Funeral Home website for 90 days.

Genevieve was born on April 11, 1932, in her home on Crow Hill Rd in Straits to Mary Elsie and David Gwynne. She was the youngest of 2 daughters, her older sister Anna would later become Sister Grace Margaret of the Franciscan Order in Syracuse, NY.

As she noted in her Bible, she was grateful for “God’s blessing of the water that I can enjoy every day and his birds and sea creatures. Thank You for neighbors and friends that call and talk. Thank you for a warm home and animals to love and that love me as I am.”

She treasured time with family and friends, especially around the holidays, and was a member of Straits Methodist Church. Genevieve loved children, worked diligently as a Sunday School teacher, and was part of the United Methodist Women Organization. A member of the Order of the Eastern Star, she graciously served the community beside her sisters and brothers in faith, participating in many fundraisers for the Masonic Lodge and Shriners. Whenever help was needed Genevieve was there. She was known for her light rolls with country ham and chocolate pies. She selflessly volunteered at bake sales, Gloucester Community Club, and other fundraisers to help friends or those in need.

 A lifetime of beautiful memories were made with family and friends at church where she loved singing with the choir. Genevieve enjoyed helping with covered dish dinners, participating in Spring and Fall Bazaars, and decorating the church for Christmas.

She was married to William Chadwick of Straits, on September 7, 1963, with whom she raised Stephen, Cathy, Abbie, and Robin Styron. Later Tony, Jonathan, and Anna would be born into the family. The family spent a great deal of time outside or gathering for family occasions with aunts, uncles, and cousins.

After William’s death, Genevieve married George Long on December 9, 1978. He loved her children like his own and together they raised Tony, Jonathan, and Anna. The family loved spending time together at barbeques, community events, trips to the Cape or the mountains, and visiting with George’s daughter Cheryl and son Herman in Hillsborough.

Through life’s joyful and sad events, Genevieve had a strong and beautiful faith in her Lord that sustained her. Her relationships with family and friends also carried her in difficult times. Genevieve took great pleasure in seeing her grandchildren and great-grandchildren grow and flourish. To them, in her Bible she wrote, “I bequeath to my children a living saving faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Rejoice in my death and sing much happy music!” Her family and friends will dearly miss her but know she is rejoicing with others she had missed and will be waiting “when we all get to heaven.”

Genevieve is survived by a daughter Cheryl and husband Larry Kelly of Hillsborough; a son Ed Rigsby of Winterville; a daughter Abbie Guthrie of Smithfield; a daughter Robin and husband Rob Burns of Willow Springs; a son Tony and wife Karen Chadwick of Raleigh; a son Jonathan Chadwick of Beaufort; a daughter Anna and husband Gaston Davis of Newport; grandchildren, John, April, Travis, Chad, Kellye, Aimee, Shane, Johanna, Walker, Brendan, Ashlyn, Gabriel; and 12 great-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, and her sister Anna Gwynne, Genevieve was preceded in death by William Chadwick, Cathy Rigsby, George Long, Herman Long, Stephen Styron; and great-granddaughter Caytie Kelly.

As an expression of sympathy, flowers are welcome or memorial donations may be made to Straits Methodist Church, or to Crystal Coast Hospice House. The family thanks you for your loving support.

Website and addresses for donations: http://www.crystalcoasthospicehouse.org/  P.O. Box 640, Newport, NC 28570. For Donations to Straits Methodist Church:   Please make checks payable to: Straits Methodist Church, noted In Memory of Genevieve Long,  170 Whitehurst Drive, Beaufort, NC 28516, In Care of Donna Wynne.

Family and friends are welcome to submit online condolences at www.mundenfuneralhome.net

Arrangements by Munden Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc. in Morehead City, N.C.