Willa Sue (Graft) Little (93) passed away August 27 at Homestead Assisted Living Center of Clinton surrounded by family. She was born on 6/11/1930 to Warren and Dorothy (Nichols) “Peach” Graft in the home on the family farm in Custer County. Dorothy died in 1936 when Sue was 5 years old.
She graduated from Independence High School in May 1948 and married E.N. “Bud” Little on May 26,1948 in Wheeler, Texas. Their first ten years of marriage were spent in Texas and Louisiana, while he worked for oil companies. From 1956 to 1958 they lived in Venezuela. In May of 1958, they returned to Clinton where their daughter, Karen Lynn was born. Sue helped Bud in the new and used car business and they purchased and ran Little Oldsmobile-Cadillac dealership in Clinton and Quality Olds Cadillac in McAlester. She also worked at the turkey plant in Clinton and for the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority.
She enjoyed playing cards, golf and just having fun in life! She always had a positive attitude with an infectious laugh everyone knew her by. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Clinton.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her brother, Richard Graft and sister-inlaw Betty Graft, and her great granddaughter, Leslie Brewer.
She is survived by her daughter, Karen Campbell and husband Dav of Locust Grove, granddaughter Heather Brown and husband Levi of Clinton, grandson Dustin Wilson of Locust Grove, her sister, Lois Shreve of Harlingen, Texas, great granddaughter Danyell Brewer and great grandson Rylen Brown of Clinton, great granddaughter Morgan Wilson and great grandsons Parker and Clint Wilson of Blair, great grandson Dalton Brewer and wife Chelsey of Muskogee, and two nieces: Barbara Griffin and husband Gary of Clinton and Beverly Hubert and husband David of Jacksonville, NC.
Sue loved all kinds of animals and had many pets during her life – in lieu of flowers, please donate in her honor to Friends for Life at 290 W. Commerce Clinton, OK 73601.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:00am on Wednesday August 30, 2023 at Kiesau Lee Funeral Home in Clinton with Reverend Temple Diehl officiating. Burial will follow at Mound Valley Cemetery in Thomas. The family will greet friends on Tuesday evening, August 29, from 6pm to 8pm at the funeral home.