Dorthy Shields Long Lucas

Dorthy Shields Long Lucas, age 95, died January 14, 2016, at 3:52 p.m. She is survived by her daughters, Melinda Lucas and Gretchen Lucas Vondran; brother, Leon Shields; sister-in-law, Marilyn Lucas and several nieces and nephews. Dorthy was preceded in death by her husbands, Cpl. Marvin H. Long, a B-29 gunner who was a casualty of World War II and Arthur B. Lucas, a Maryville City postman for many years. She was also preceded in death by her son-in-law, Ron Vondran; her parents, Andrew W. Shields and Frances Oliver Shields; brother, Herman Shields; sisters, Flaura Headrick, Nola Shields, Norma Cunningham and Sue Ella Fagg. Dorthy was born in Cades Cove, TN. She was a graduate of Everett High School and Maryville College. She was a member of First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Maryville, TN. A brief funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m. Sunday in McCammon-Ammons-Click Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. George Macht officiating. The interment will follow immediately at Grandview Cemetery. Friends may call at their convenience at the funeral home. Instead of flowers, Dorthy would like her loving family and friends to privately make a memorial donation, in her name, to their favorite church.