Marie Butler Gardner Little

Great Falls Mrs. Marie Adile Butler Gardner Little, 95, passed away Sunday July 10, 2011 in Charleston, SC.A graveside service will be held at 1:00 PM on Saturday, July 16, 2011 at Greenlawn Cemetery, Great Falls, SC with Rev. Chuck Evans officiating. Mrs. Little was born March 1, 1916 in Eutawville, SC and was the daughter of the late Adger Smythe Butler and the late Edna Rebecca Martin Butler.She was retired from J.P.Stevens mills and was a member of the First Baptist Church. Mrs. Little is survived by her daughter, Betty Jean Gardner Medlin of Charleston, SC; five grandchildren, Eric Medlin and his wife Kathy, Laura Thomas and her husband Ted, Melissa Gavin and her husband Keith, John Gardner and his wife Sharon, Andrew Gardner and his wife Ashley; eleven great-grandchildren, Matthew Medlin, Michael Medlin, Brandi Rutledge and her husbandMiddleton, Sydney Solt, Soter Thomas, Alexandra Thomas, Christopher Gavin, Jason Gavin, John “J.T.” Gardner, Jacob Gardner and Olivia Gardner; and one great-great-granddaughter, Rhetta Rutledge.She was preceded in death by her husband, John Little, and her son, Howard David Gardner. Memorials may be made to Greenlawn Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 191, Great Falls, SC 29055. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.dantzlerbakerfuneralhome.com.