Ruth Turner Little, age 92, passed away on Thursday, November 19, 2015. Born in Onslow County, NC on March 13, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Robert Edward Turner and Clare Aman Turner. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, James A. Little, Sr., her grandson, Robert H. Little, Jr.; her sisters, Lucy Owens, Annie Ethel Brown, Margaret Brown, Elizabeth Taylor, and her brothers, Jack Turner, Jim Turner, and Edward Turner.

She is survived by her daughter, Linda White and her husband, Phil, of New Bern; and her sons, James A. Little Jr. and his wife, Faith, of Rocky Mount, and Robert H. Little, Sr. and his wife, Priscilla, of Rocky Mount; 9 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; two great great-grandchildren; her sisters, Helen Marie Rockwell and Barbara James and her brother, Louis Turner.

A funeral service will be held on Monday, November 23, 2015 at 2 p.m. at West Haven Presbyterian Church, 1001 West Haven Blvd., Rocky Mount, with Rev. Sam Codington officiating. Burial will follow at Rocky Mount Memorial Park. The family will receive friends and relatives Sunday, November 22, 2015 from 7-9 p.m. at Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services.

Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made to West Haven Presbyterian Church, 1001 West Haven Blvd., Rocky Mount, NC 27803.

Arrangements by Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Rocky Mount.