The obituary appeared in the Las Cruces Sun-News, Las Cruces, New Mexico between 8 Nov and 15 Nov 2000.

Name: Lawrence Lewis Little, Sr.
Born: 16 Apr 1911
Place: Causey Community, Portales, New Mexico
Married: 17 Oct 1953
Place: Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Died: 8 Nov 2000
Buried: 13 Nov 2000, Portales Cemetery
County/State: Portales, New Mexico
Cause of Death: Cancer
Submitter:Pj Little

Notes: s/o of Lewis A. Little and Ollie Roper; h/o Margaret Mercer Little; b/o Earl Little, Velma Stewart, Cora Stewart, Lola Thomas, and Faye Little who died young. Survivors include, Lawrence Little, Jr.(Joy Hill) of Houston, Texas; Sandra Flemming (Mrs. William) of Las Cruces, New Mexico; and Marjorie Causey (Mrs. Patrick) of Webster, Texas as well as 11 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

The family moved to Portales in 1922. Lawrence graduated from high school in 1929. He received a B.S. from New Mexico A. & M. in Las Cruces and an M.S. from Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Until he retired in 1976 he was actively engaged in the dairy manufacturing and food supply industries.

• Quality Control Director, Beatrice Foods, Oklahoma
• Research technologist: Beatrice Foods, Chicago, Illinois
• V.P. Production: EF Drew & Co., New York
• V.P. and Sales Mgr. Besco Products, Louisville, Kentucky
• 1961-1976 self-employed consultant to Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio
• Thirty-seven international food product patents: USA, Canada, Great Britain, France, Belgium, Germany, Japan and the Netherlands.

Little was an active member of several associations and societies. He published several papers and articles relating to the food ingredients, chemicals and food processes.

• American Dairy Science Association (ADSA)
• American Public Health Association (APHA)
• American Chemical Society, Emeritus
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• International Association of Milk and Food Sanitarians (IAMFS)
• Institute of Food Technologies
• Pub: Journal APHA
• Pub: Journal ADSA
• Pub: Journal IAMFS

• Member: Sons of the American Revolution
• Charter Member St. Louis Genealogy Society
• Co-Founder "The Family of Captain Daniel Little, Esquire, Inc." a national association for Little family members
• Pub: Causey Area and its Pioneers
• Pub: Three books on family genealogy
• Member: Kewanis Club of Clovis, New Mexico

At the time of his death, Lawrence Lewis Little, Sr., was an Elder of the First Presbyterian Church in Portales, New Mexico, as well as in Indianapolis, Indiana and St. Louis, Missouri. Additionally he served on the Board of Directors of the Presbytery of St. Louis, Missouri.