Ellen Marie (Long) Wood, known as Polly, of Leonardtown, died at her home on Monday, September 1, 2014. Born on September 23, 1931, in Leonardtown, Maryland she was the daughter of late Walter Evans Long and Agnes Genevieve (Woodburn) Long.

Mrs. Wood was self-employed, but now retired, as a St. Mary's County School Bus Contractor for the nonpublic schools for over 20 years.

She is survived by her brother William Daniel Long and his wife Emilie, her niece Catherine Meyers, husband John, and their son Evan, her nieces, Margaret (James) Kopishke, Mary (Thomas) Saenger, and Eleanor (John) Crawford, ten grandnieces and grandnephews, and 4 great grandnieces.

She was preceded in death by her mother and father, sister Tina, brother "Jiggs", niece, Carol Long her first husband, Walton Turner, who she cared for until his death, and her second husband and devoted companion, Willard Elton Wood, who she married in December 1974 and died in 2005.

The family will receive friends on Saturday, September 6, 2014 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., at Brinsfield Funeral Home, at 22955 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown, Maryland, with service following at noon. Interment will follow at Charles Memorial Gardens.

Memorial contributions may be made to Homeplace Assisted Living, 10200 La Plata Road, La Plata, MD 20646, to the Leonardtown Vol. Rescue Squad, PO Box 229, Leonardtown, MD 20650, or to the Alzheimer's Association, Southern Maryland Regional Office, 3701 Pender Dr., Suite 400, Fairfax, VA 22030, act.alz.org.

Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.