Edgar Little

16 September 1934–5 September 2004 (Age 69)
Virgie, Floyd, Kentucky, United States

The Life Summary of Edgar

When Edgar Little was born on 16 September 1934, in Virgie, Floyd, Kentucky, United States, his father, Jay Lee Little, was 21 and his mother, Lona Reynolds, was 18. He married Dillie June Osborne on 10 April 1954, in Pikeville, Pike, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Pike, Kentucky, United States in 1935 and Magisterial District 2, Pike, Kentucky, United States in 1940. He died on 5 September 2004, in Davison, Genesee, Michigan, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Newsome Cemetery, Elkhorn City, Pike, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edgar Little
1934–2004
Dillie June Osborne
1938–2003
Marriage: 10 April 1954
Medonna Sue Little
1955–2007

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    10 April 1954Pikeville, Pike, Kentucky, United States
    • Children

    (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (4)

    World Events (8)

    1935 · The FBI is Established
    Age 1
    The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
    1936 · The Last Public Hanging in Kentucky
    Age 2
    The hanging of Rainey Bethea on August 14,1936, in Owensboro, Kentucky was the last pubic hanging in the state and the United States. Anywhere from 15,000-20,000 people showed up for this event. The media was all over the hanging since the Sheriff of Davies county was a female, even though she did not pull levers. Because of the media coverage and the circus it caused, this was the last hanging.
    1954 · Worlds Largest Christmas Store
    Age 20
    Wally Bronner opened what would become the world's largest Christmas Store in 1954 as a result of successfully creating custom Christmas panels for city lampposts. Since then, the Frankenmuth store has expanded to a 27 acre landscaped lot with over 50,000 Christmas related items in his store. Bronner's attracts over two million guests per year.

    Name Meaning

    English: nickname for a small man (if not ironic), or distinguishing epithet for the younger of two bearers of the same personal name, from Middle English littel, Old English lȳtel (see Light 3).Irish: translation into English of Gaelic Ó Beagáin ‘descendant of Beagán’ (see Began ).Americanized form (translation into English) of any of various European surnames meaning ‘little’, e.g. French Petit , Polish Mały (see Maly 1).

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Litle
    Littles
    Light
    Littell
    Lytle
    Lyttle
    Littel
    Petit
    Lighthill

    Sources (7)

    • Edgar Little in household of J Lee Little, "United States Census, 1940"
    • Edgar Little, "United States Social Security Death Index"
    • Edgar Little in entry for Medonna Or Sue Reddy, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"

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