Cassandra "Cassie" Lee Long

Cassie loved art and creating unique and soulful crafts only to give them always to the ones she loved. Her heart was full of trust, kindness, and a yearning for living life on her own terms. She bravely fought a lifelong battle with lupus (SLE) and the daily obstacles her symptoms and illness presented. She never gave in, and never gave up doing the things she loved to do. Cassie had a way with children and animals, and loved her parents, brothers, and extended family and friends. She loved anyone who loved her! Complications from her lupus reached her weakened heart, resulting in Cassie passing from this life on Friday, September 30, 2022, five days after her 19th birthday.

Cassie was preceded in death by her birth mother, Darcy Lee Clark; grandparents, Frank Charles Myers, Sidney McDonald, Robert Clark, Deloris S. Long, and William F. Long; great uncle, Ronald Myers; uncle, Ron Dawkins; and aunt, Brenda Clark.

She will be forever remembered by her parents, Kelley and Eric Long; brothers, Justin Harbison and William Dawkins Long; sisters-in-law, Asha Harbison and Jenna Bruno; grandmother (“Nanny”), Dorothy Dawkins Brasfield; uncles, Frank Charles Myers, Jr. (w. Austin), Stephen Kyle Myers (w. Pat Graham), Jon Ronald Myers (w. Arrene), Chris Pyatt (w. Angelyn), Steve Pyatt (w. Sandy), Rick Pyatt (w. Tina), Brian Clark, and Keith Clark; aunts, Kathy Huxley (w. Tom Huxley), Cathy Clark, and Denise Clark; great aunt, Sharon Myers; niece and a best friend, Paris Brooke; nephews, Isaiah and Noah; and many more cousins, friends, and extended family.

The family would like to give special thanks to Cassandra’s medical team of doctors, nurses, and specialists from Ochsner Hospital, Children’s Hospital of New Orleans, and Tulane Hospital of New Orleans, as well as everyone who kept Cassie always in their thoughts and prayers.

Private services were held for Cassie with her loving family and close friends by her side.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Cassie’s memory to Lupus Foundation of America (www.lupus.org), to aid lupus research and / or to the anti-bullying initiative, Stomp Out Bullying (stompoutbullying.org), for the fight against cyber-bullying and exclusion.

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