Woodrow Talice Little

Woodrow Talice Little, of Little Rock, passed away on December 11th, 2012. He was born November 3rd, 1917 in a houseboat on the White River between Newport and Grand Glaize, Arkansas to Thomas Calvin Little and Bertha Hudson Little. He began working at the age of 14 for Colonial Bakery and retired as Inspector for the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy in 1983. Sergeant Woodrow Little proudly served his country from 1942-1946 as a rifleman and small arms instructor at Abeerdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland and in Flora, Mississippi. He was a member of Albert Pike Lodge #714 and Esther Chapter #217, Order of the Eastern Star. Talice was preceded in death by his wife Ethel Rosalee Little, his parents and his sister Leatha Smith. He leaves to cherish his memory his daughter, Janice Smith and her husband Ted of Alexander, Arkansas; his granddaughter, Jennifer Noernberg and her husband Mark of Cumming, Georgia; his grandson, Jared Smith and his wife Jennifer of Benton, Arkansas; his granddaughter, Jessica Smith of Bryant, Arkansas; his great-grandchildren, Lindsey, Logan, and Lucas Noernberg of Cumming, Georgia and Joe Stephen Henderson and Ashley Henderson of Benton, Arkansas and a host of family and friends, all who will miss him dearly. The family would like to thank the caregivers at Southern Trace Nursing Home in Bryant for two years of great and loving care. Funeral services will be on Friday, December 14th at 2:30 p.m. in the chapel at Griffin Leggett Forest Hills Funeral Home. Burial with military honors and Masonic honors will follow at Pinecrest Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 1-2:30 p.m. on Friday, prior to the service. Please share your memories of Woodrow at www.griffinleggettforesthills.com.