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Edna <I>Gunn</I> Little

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Edna Gunn Little

Birth
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Death
30 Jul 1984 (aged 89)
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA GPS-Latitude: 36.1077333, Longitude: -86.7603133
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Edna Gunn Little, 89, of Nashville, died yesterday in Edgefield Hospital after a long illness.

Services will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow at West End United Methodist Church. Dr. A. J. Walton and Dr. Russell T. Monfort will officiate. Burial will be in Woodlawn Memorial Park.

The body is at Roesch Patton Dorris & Charlton, Broadway Chapel.

A native of Nashville, Mrs. Little was married in 1928 to John W. Little of Nashville who preceded her in death.

She was a graduate of Hume-Fogg High School and received a bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt University and a master's degree from Columbia University in New York. She also studied in France at the University of Toulouse Dijon and at the Sorbonne School also in France.

She taught French at several institutions including Bethel Women's College in Hopkinsville, Ky., Chowan College in Murfreesboro, N.C., and at Ward-Belmont College in Nashville now Belmont College.

Mrs. Little was elected to the Board of Commissioners of Watkin's Institute in 1949.

She was an active member of the West End United Methodist Church.

Survivors include a son, Jack W. Little, and a daughter, Edna Green, both of Nashville; five grandchildren and a great grandchild.
Edna Gunn Little, 89, of Nashville, died yesterday in Edgefield Hospital after a long illness.

Services will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow at West End United Methodist Church. Dr. A. J. Walton and Dr. Russell T. Monfort will officiate. Burial will be in Woodlawn Memorial Park.

The body is at Roesch Patton Dorris & Charlton, Broadway Chapel.

A native of Nashville, Mrs. Little was married in 1928 to John W. Little of Nashville who preceded her in death.

She was a graduate of Hume-Fogg High School and received a bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt University and a master's degree from Columbia University in New York. She also studied in France at the University of Toulouse Dijon and at the Sorbonne School also in France.

She taught French at several institutions including Bethel Women's College in Hopkinsville, Ky., Chowan College in Murfreesboro, N.C., and at Ward-Belmont College in Nashville now Belmont College.

Mrs. Little was elected to the Board of Commissioners of Watkin's Institute in 1949.

She was an active member of the West End United Methodist Church.

Survivors include a son, Jack W. Little, and a daughter, Edna Green, both of Nashville; five grandchildren and a great grandchild.


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  • Created by: Tracy DeVault
  • Added: Oct 25, 2019
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204151131/edna-little: accessed ), memorial page for Edna Gunn Little (24 Sep 1894–30 Jul 1984), Find a Grave Memorial ID 204151131, citing Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Tracy DeVault (contributor 48903379).