Karen Long Monroe, 65, a teacher and homemaker, died Tuesday, May 12, 2020, at Lamar Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. A private graveside service will be held Saturday, May 16 at 1:00 p.m. at Magnolia Gardens Cemetery in Lucedale, MS.
Originally from Starkville, Monroe was devoted to her family and church. She received both her Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Mississippi State University in Business Education and was a President's List Scholar. It was there she met her husband, John.
Monroe was most proud of being the mother of her two children, Jean Claire, a nursing home consultant, and Thomas, a technical media broadcast director.
Survivors include husband of 42 years, John T. Monroe, Jr. of Purvis; daughter and son-in-law Jean Claire and Judson Bounds of Newton; son, John Thomas Monroe, III of Purvis; grandson, Liam Bounds; and brother and sister-in-law Greg and Laura Long of New Albany. She is preceded in death by parents Fred and Roberta Long of Clinton.
Memorials may be made to the Mississippi State University Baptist Student Union.

For further information, please contact Sigler Funeral Home, 4248 Main Street, Lucedale, MS at (601) 947-3112.