Randolph County AlArchives Obituaries.....Little, Jonnie Dee Riley January 1, 1988
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The Randolph Leader - Jan 6, 1988

The Randolph Leader
January 6, 1988
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OBITUARIES:

Jonnie Dee Riley Little

   (AUBURN) Jonnie Dee Riley Little of Auburn, age 51, died of cancer on 
Friday, Jan. 1, 1988, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika, after an 
extended illness.
   The wife of former state senator Ted Little, Mrs. Little was active in 
church, civic and political affairs.  She was a member of the Alabama State 
Council on the Arts during the administrations of both Governors George Wallace 
and Fob James.  She was honored by the council in 1987 when she was named 
recipient of its Award of Excellence, a special award presented to individuals 
who have a record of lifetime achievement in the arts and whose works have had 
a major impact on Alabama culture.
   A native of Andalusia, she attended Judson College, received her master's 
degree from West Virginia University and her PhD. degree from the University of 
Alabama, and did additional study at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.
   During her professional career she served as assistant professor of 
counselor education at Auburn University, executive secretary of the Judson 
College Alumni Association, editor of the alumni publication for the University 
of Alabama, and assistant professor of music at Berry College.
   She was active in the First Baptist Church of Auburn and also in work for 
neglected and dependent children and the Mental Health Association in Lee 
County.
   Always involved in her husband's political campaigns, Mrs. Little was a 
successful candidate herself when in 1980 she was elected delegate for the 
Third Congressional District to the National Democratic Convention in New York.
   Funeral services were held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 3, at Auburn First 
Baptist Church, with Dr. John Jeffers, pastor emeritus, and Dr. Glenn Turner, 
pastor, officiating.  Burial was in Magnolia Cemetery in Andalusia at 11 a.m. 
Monday, Jan. 4.
   Survivors in additional to her husband include two daughters, Mollie Dora 
Little and Terre Su Little, both of Auburn, and two sisters, Inez Riley Moss of 
Atlanta and Peggy Riley Graves of Andalusia.
   The family suggested that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the 
Jonnie Dee Riley Little Music Scholarship Fund at Judson College, Marion, or to 
the Alabama State Council on the Arts, Montgomery.
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