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Ercel Little

Name
Ercel Little
Position
Guard
Class
Senior
Hometown (Last School)
Tolu, KY
Ht
6'3"
Wt
185
Seasons
1930-31, 1931-32
Birthday
August 14, 1908

Obituary – Ercel Little, Madisonville Messenger

Ercel B. Little, 79, of 107 Highland Drive, died 12:35 a.m. today in Regional Medical Center.

Born in Livingston County, August 14, 1908, he was the son of the late Dallas Hickman Little and Elizabeth Watson Little.

He was a retired assistant principal at Madisonville North Hopkins High School; member of the First Baptist Church, the Baracca Sunday school class; former deacon of Marion Baptist Church; played basketball for the University of Kentucky under Adolph Rupp’s first two teams; member of the University of Kentucky Alumni, former principal of Crittenden County High School.

He is survived by his wife, Dimple Watson Little, 107 Highland Drive; one daughter, Betty J. Wilhite, Calhoun; one son and daughter-in-law, Dwight P. and Kay Brinkley Little, Madisonville; and five grandchildren, Doug, Mike, David and Laura Wilhite, and Bryan Little.

Services will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, October 17 at Barnett-Strother Funeral Home, with Dr. H. Garrison Coltharp officiating. Graveside service will take place at 3 p.m. Saturday at Maple View Cemetery in Marion, Ky.

Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday until the funeral hour at the funeral home.

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