Rev. Ichabod Mayo Little Jr.

Ichabod Mayo Little, Jr. of Salisbury, North Carolina, died on February 13, 2014, at the Glenn A. Kiser Hospice House. Mayo was born on October 24, 1928, in Robersonville, North Carolina. 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, Georgia, and North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. He was a member of The United States Navy for four years. Following the Navy, he attended Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria Virginia. Mayo was the assistant to the rectors at Saint James Episcopal Church in Wilmington, North Carolina, and at Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church in Winston Salem, North Carolina. 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, North Carolina. 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, North Carolina and their daughter-in-law, Emma Jean Vanderford Wilson of Wilson, North Carolina, 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, North Carolina. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Hill Little, his daughter, Harriet Bailey Little Chen and her husband, Herbert Chen of Madison, Wisconsin, his son, John Mayo Little and his wife, Sara Katherine Sloan Little of Raleigh, North Carolina, his granddaughter Elizabeth Bailey Chen, grandsons Herbert Alexander Chen, John Mayo Little, Jr, Hill Sloan Little and Henry Maddison Little, his niece Doris Little Wilson Loop and her husband, David Loop of Jacksonville, Florida, a nephew, Charles Leon Wilson, Jr of Wilson, North Carolina, a nephew, Matthew Mayo Wilson and his wife, Fran Vanderford Wilson of Raleigh, North Carolina, a niece, Margaret Mitchell Seitter of Atlanta, Georgia, a nephew, David Marshall DesChamps and his 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, North Carolina on Monday, February 17th at 2 o’clock with The Reverend 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, February 18th at 2 o’clock, a committal will be held at The Town Cemetery in Robersonville, North Carolina, The Reverend 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.

Rev. Ichabod Mayo Little Jr.

October 24, 1928 - February 13, 2014