Ichabod Mayo Little Jr.

Ichabod Mayo Little Jr. of Salisbury, died on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, at the Glenn A. Kiser Hospice House.
Mayo was born on October 24, 1928, in Robersonville. He was the son of the late Ethel Doris Bailey Little and Ichabod Mayo Little Sr.
He was educated in the Robersonville public schools, Darlington School in Rome, Ga., and North Carolina State University in Raleigh. He was a member of The United States Navy for four years. Following the Navy, he attended Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Va.
Mayo was the assistant to the rectors at Saint James Episcopal Church in Wilmington, and at Saint Paul's Episcopal Church in Winston-Salem. He was the rector at Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church in Morehead City, Calvary Episcopal Church in Tarboro, and Saint Luke's Episcopal Church in Salisbury. He was active in both the Diocese of Eastern North Carolina and also of North Carolina. He participated in many community civic activities.
He was preceded in death by his sister, Ethel Doris Little Wilson, her husband, Charles Leon Wilson and their daughter, Ann Roberson Wilson of Robersonville, and their daughter-in-law, Emma Jean Vanderford Wilson of Wilson; as well as his sister-in-law, Margaret Marshall Hill DesChamps; and mother-in-law, Harriet Dean Hill and father-in-law, Samuel Howell Hill of Wilmington.
He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Hill Little; daughter, Harriet Bailey Little Chen and husband, Herbert Chen, of Madison, Wis.; son, John Mayo Little and his wife, Sara Katherine Sloan Little, of Raleigh; granddaughter, Elizabeth Bailey Chen; grandsons, Herbert Alexander Chen, John Mayo Little Jr., Hill Sloan Little and Henry Maddison Little; niece, Doris Little Wilson Loop and husband, David Loop, of Jacksonville, Fla.; nephew, Charles Leon Wilson Jr. of Wilson; nephew, Matthew Mayo Wilson and wife, Fran Vanderford Wilson, of Raleigh; niece, Margaret Mitchell Seitter of Atlanta; nephew, David Marshall DesChamps and wife, Krista Coombs DesChamps; as well as many other treasured family members.
A memorial service will be held at Saint Luke's Episcopal Church in Salisbury on Monday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Melanie Mudge officiating. The family will receive friends following in the Parrish House and at other times the family will receive friends at home, 929 Mocksville Ave. On Tuesday at 2 p.m., a committal will be held at The Town Cemetery in Robersonville, the Rev. Janie Wilson officiating.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Saint Luke's Episcopal Church, 131 West Council Street, Salisbury, North Carolina 28144, and The Children's Home Society of North Carolina, 604 Meadow Street, Greensboro, North Carolina, 27405.