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Submitted: 8/1/19 • Approved: 11/27/20 • Last Updated: 11/30/20 • R1274498-G0-S3
Lieutenant JG US NAVY
WORLD WAR II
December 27, 1919 - April 29, 2013
Raymond Wesley Little the husband of Mary Louise (Lawrence) Little.
Raymond Wesley Little US Veteran
December 27, 1919 - April 29, 2013
Raymond Wesley Little, twenty-nine year resident of Melbourne, Died April 29, 2013 at White River Medical Center in Batesville, Arkansas. Ray was born December 27, 1919 in Brawley, California and graduated in civil and structural engineering from the University of California Berkley in 1943 just before entering WWII. He became a Naval lieutenant and served in Africa, Italy, and Yugoslavia while doing reconnaissance on the Adriatic Sea. After the European war ended, he served in the South Pacific.
On August 9, 1947, Raymond Little Married Mary Lawrence, and they made their home in San Francisco, California, where Ray partnered Hayes and Little Engineers. A life member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Ray spent the last years of his professional career traveling as an engineer for the Federal Government. He is survived by his wife Mary and many nieces and nephews.
A private memorial service will be held at a later date.
Arrangements by Eddie’s Family Funeral Home in Melbourne, Arkansas.
Obituary located through Eddie's Funeral Home Melbourne, Izard County, Arkansas published Apr 2013.
Raymond Wesley Little
Melbourne, AR, 1919 - 2013
Raymond Wesley Little, 93, died April 29. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Survivor: Mary Lawrence Little (wife). Arrangements by Eddie's Family Funeral Home in Melbourne.
Eddie's Family Funeral Home
106 Conniebrook Ln, P.O. Box 979, Melbourne, AR
Published May 1, 2013
Contributed on 8/1/19 by sandhollow
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