Alice Kelly Little was born on November 18, 1927 in Leeville, TN and died on September 30, 2018 in Nokomis, FL. She has now joined her lifelong love and husband of 61 years, Jack Little, who died in 2009. Alice was preceded in death by her parents James Webb Smith and Johnny Sloan Smith of Leeville, TN; brother Robert Smith and sister-in-law Mary Catherine; sister Mayme and brother-in-law Clyde Wilson; sister Nancy and brother-in-law Fred McMillan; brother-in-law Melvin Holland; brother-in-law Tarver Hagen; sister-in-law Shirley Smith.
Survivors include son Billy Webb Little and daughter-in-law Barbara of Nokomis, FL; son John Kelly Little and daughter-in-law Michelle and their two children Anne and Jack of Yorktown, VA. Surviving sisters include Naomi Holland and Martha Webb Bone (Stratton), brother Edwin (Charlene) of Lebanon, TN; sister Mary Hagen of Columbus, OH; brother Albert Smith (Nancy Jean) of Dauphin Island, AL; James Thayer Smith of Smithville, TN.
Alice lived an amazing life as a devoted wife, mother, grandmother (Yaya), sister and friend. She met and married Jack while both were attending Union College, Barbourville, KY following his service in the U.S. Navy World War II Pacific theatre. They subsequently moved throughout the south over the next 40 years as Jack taught high school Chemistry, Biology and later served as Headmaster and Superintendent at two private schools. Alice remained extraordinarily dedicated to students, families, the local community and her church, while also raising her boys and working part-time as a nursing assistant or in the school library. Her incredible grace and kindness will never be forgotten and lives-on in her beloved grandchildren.
Alice Little’s ashes will be interred with her husband Jack at the Sarasota National Cemetery. A celebration of life service will be held for Alice at her cherished home in Leeville, TN in mid-June 2019.
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