Ms. Mary Little Clark

Published 12:36 am Sunday, May 22, 2011

Ms. Mary Little Clark, age 91, a former resident of Duck Creek Rd., Washington, N.C. died peacefully in her sleep on Friday, May 20, 2011 at River Trace Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Washington.

The family received friends Saturday, May 21, 2011 at Hillside Funeral Service & Cremations from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. today, May 22, 2011 at Pamlico Memorial Gardens in Washington, officiated by Mike Chandler.

Ms. Clark was born on December 11, 1919 in Siler City, N.C., the daughter of the late James Albert and Lossie Welch Brown. She was a resident of Washington for many years, having worked as a seamstress at Sampson Shirt Factory for 35 years. Ms. Clark also worked as a Civil Service employee during WWII. She was a past member of Woodard’s Pond Church of Christ in Washington, the Washington Garden Club and Veterans of Foreign Wars. She later lived in Frankston, Texas for 35 years prior to returning to Washington.

Survivors include two sons, Jerry W. Little and wife, Linda of Washington, N.C. and Floyd Little of Greenville, N.C.; daughter, Lossie J. Nixon of Suffolk, Va.; sister, Lois McGee of Turkey, N.C.; twelve grandchildren and nineteen great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her former husband, Robert D. Little; daughter, LeAnn Cook; and son, Jimmy Little.
The family requests that memorials be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 225 N. Michigan Ave., Fl. 17, Chicago, IL 60601.

Online condolences may be directed to the family by visiting www.hillsidefuneralservice.com
Hillside Funeral Service & Cremations, 4500 US Hwy 264 E, Washington, NC, has been given the honor of being entrusted with serving the Clark family.