Pat Little

ARGUTA COMMUNITY…Mr. Pat R. Little (Staff Sergeant, United States Army, Retired), a resident of the Arguta Community, near Ozark, died late Friday evening, December 23, 2022, at his home. He was 71.

Celebration of Life Services, with full military honors, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, December 29, 2022, in the Stonebridge Church of God with Reverend Floyd Ingram officiating. The family will receive friends from 1:00 until 2:00 P.M. Thursday at the church. Fuqua Bankston Funeral Home of Ozark is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Little, son of the late Mike Little and Julia Davis Little, was a native of Tarpon Springs, Florida. Following high school, he joined the United States Army, where he served two tours in Vietnam and retired with the rank of Staff Sergeant. He later managed the COVAN Moving Company terminal in Ozark and worked with Range Control at Ft. Rucker before retirement. Mr. Little enjoyed collecting guns, spending time with his grandson, and most of all traveling, especially the Smokey Mountains. He attended Stonebridge Church of God. Mr. Little was preceded in death by his first wife, Deborah Pea Little; a nephew, Brian Jay Little; a brother-in-law, Richard Centrella.

Surviving relatives include his wife, Terrie M. Krause Little, Ozark; three daughters, Deanna Young (Christopher), Jessica Krause, all of Ozark, and Amanda O’Steen, Tampa, Florida; his son, Christopher Little (Kim), Ozark; his sister, Joyce Centrella, Crystal River, Florida; three brothers, Mike Little (Goldie), Hudson, Florida, Jim Little (Gayle), Ozark, and Terry Little, Hudson, Florida; four grandchildren, Nicholas Little, John Robert Sloan, Kaile Ann O’Steen, and Josie O’Steen; several nieces and nephews.