Gerald Allan Little Jr.

Graveside Services for Gerald Allan Little, Jr, 80 of Toxey, Alabama will be held Saturday, April 6, 2024, at the Mosley Cemetery in Gilbertown, Alabama with Peggy Tyson officiating. Public Visitation will be at 2:00 p.m. underneath the tabernacle and burial services to follow at 2:30 p.m.
Gerald Allan Little, Jr. passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, March 28, 2024 at his residence in the Morgan Chapel Community on Ararat Road. He was born February 22, 1944, in Astoria, Oregon to Gerald Allan Little, Sr. and Dorothy Helen Storey Little. He was a resident of San Diego, California until February 1969 when he moved to Mobile, Alabama. He retired after 40 years from Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, where he had been an Engineering Section Manager. His work took him to many places around the world. He was recognized by the U.S. Navy as a recipient of the Aegis Excellence Award for his work as a Program Manager for Ingalls Shipbuilding in Yokosuka, Japan from 1996 until 2001. In November 1991, he married Sandra Jenkins Crosswell Valdez from Choctaw County, Alabama. He and Sandra moved to Choctaw County in 2012 after retirement. In his early life, he excelled in junior golf and became a champion golfer, leaving a legacy of trophies. To his last days, he was a scratch golfer no matter how many years it had been since he had played. He could have easily chosen to become a professional golfer, but he elected to have a family and pursued that lifestyle instead. He was a doting and beloved husband, father, and "all-in" grandfather. He was always doing and caring more for others than himself. He never met a stranger and if he did, they became friends in short order. He will always be remembered for his fabulously contagious smile because it truly lit up the room.
He is survived by his loving wife, Sandra Little; son, Brian Allan Campbell (Elizabeth) Mobile, Alabama; son, Gerald Allan Little III, Elijay, Georgia; daughter, Tamara Jane Kennedy (Michael), Tampa, Florida ; daughter, Stephanie Ann Gibson McGowan (Stephen), Tampa, Florida; daughter, Kristina Michelle Crosswell Johnson (Bruce), Madison, Mississippi; grandchildren; Michaela Nicole Kennedy Rosati (Joey), McKenzie Elizabeth Kennedy Lehnhardt (Dillon), Caroline Hampton Gibson, Keith Legare Gibson, Jr., Robert Campbell Gibson, Rachael Grace Campbell, Amelia Jane Campbell, Gabrielle "Gigi" Emilynn Little, Grayson Banks Johnson, Carlisle Brooke Johnson and brother-in-law, Curtis Lenoir Jenkins.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Gerald Allan Little, Sr. and Dorothy Helen Storey Little, his grandparents, George Guy Storey and Helene Marie Michel of San Diego, California and Arthur Frederick Little and Mabel Marguerite Trott of Pembroke, Maine,
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Choctaw County Historical Museum, P. O. Box 162, Gilbertown, Alabama 36908 have been requested by the family.
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Arrangements entrusted to Bumpers Funeral Home of Butler.