Glynn County GaArchives Obituaries.....LITTLE, William C. June 21, 1971 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Amy Hedrick http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00013.html#0003209 February 15, 2009, 9:19 pm The Brunswick News; Monday 21 June 1971; pg. 14 col. 6 & Tuesday 22 June 1971 pg. 12 col. 6 & pg. 3 cols. 4-5 JUDGE W.C. LITTLE SUCCUMBS TODAY Judge William C. Little, judge emeritus of the City Court of Brunswick, died today at the Brunswick hospital. Funeral arrangements and a list of survivors will be announced later by the Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home. The Brunswick News; Tuesday 22 June 1971; pg. 12 col. 6 & pg. 3 cols. 4 & 5 RITES TOMORROW FOR STATE COURT JUDGE EMERITUS [Photo of Judge Little with article—ALH] Funeral services for Judge William C. Little, who died Monday after an extended illness, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the First Methodist Church here. A prominent member of the Brunswick Bar Assn., and one of its oldest members in time of service, he was judge emeritus of the State Court of Glynn County, having retired in 1969 after 24 years on the bench of the City Court of Brunswick. A native of Mulvane, Ken., son of the late Dr. and Mrs. Wilbert Alva Little, he had spent most of his life in Brunswick, where he practiced law for 29 years before being named to the City Court bench in 1945 by then Gov. Ellis Arnall. In 1934 he was elected secretary, and in 1942 president of the Brunswick Circuit Bar Assn., and was a former secretary of the Brunswick Bar Assn. He served for eight years as judge of Recorder’s Court before becoming a state judge. Judge Little was active not only in law, but church and community affairs. He taught the Whittle Bible Class at First Methodist Church for many years, and was chairman of the Salvation Army Advisory Board here for 25 years. He was founder and first president of the Optimist Club of Brunswick; was listed in “Who’s Who in the South and Southeast,” which noted the fact he had practiced law for more than 50 years. He also is listed in the Dictionary of International Biography and in Community Leaders of America. A graduate of Georgia Normal College and Business Institute at Douglas, of which his father was president, he also graduated from Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., where he received his law degree. He is survived by his wife, the former Ann Josephine Godley; two sons, W.C. Little Jr., of Frankfurt, Germany, and Judge W.N. Little of Brunswick; a daughter, Mrs. James R. Stephens of Decatur; two brothers, Wilbert A. Little of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Robert A. Little of Tampa, Fla.; five grandchildren, a niece and two nephews. Services Wednesday will be conducted by the Rev. McCoy Johnson, assisted by the Rev. Earl Garbutt, the Rev. Bernard Brown and the Rev. Frank Nalls. Burial will be in Hillcrest Abby Memorial Park in Savannah. The body will be at the residence, 501 Union St., until one hour prior to the service when it will be placed in the church. Active pallbearers will be A. Blenn Taylor Jr., Robert A. Sapp, Joseph A. Whittle, Reid W. Harris, George B. Cowart, Albert Fendig Sr., O.T. Nichols and J.G. Hummel. Honorary: personnel of the State Court of Glynn County, Brunswick Bar Assn., W.A. Whittle Bible Class, Salvation Army Advisory Board, Optimist Club of Brunswick and personnel of the county court house. Also the Rev. Talbert Morgan, Dr. Haywood L. Moore, Dr. Hurley Jones, Dr. W.W. Payne, Potter Gould, I.M. Aiken Sr., Carey Rozier, Charles Ellzey, H.J. Friedman, Edward R. Gray and Dr. W.P. Drew. Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Additional Comments: More Glynn County Genealogy & History can be found at File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/glynn/obits/l/little9355gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 4.1 Kb