Mr. Howard Clifton Little, better known as Cliff, age 66, of Crumpler, passed away Thursday, March 15, 2012 at Ashe Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 2:00pm at Faith Fellowship Church with Speaker Dwight Kerr and Rev. Mike McCoy officiating. The family will receive friends from 1:00-2:00pm on Saturday, one hour prior to the memorial service. Mr. Little was born in Ashe County on Thursday, August 2, 1945 to the late Howard and Cloie Absher Little. He work in maintenance for the Blue Ridge Parkway and he also had his own business "Spirits Vision Artistic Wood Work." Cliff was a good God loving man. He had great knowledge of the Bible, you could always feel God's spirit with him. In his spare time he enjoyed riding his motorcycle. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Dallas Guthrie. He is survived by his wife, Miriam Williams Little; two sons, Michael Little and wife, Julie, of West Jefferson and Tony Little and fiance Harley McNeil, of Crumpler; two daughters, Lisa Testerman and fiance David Dowell, of Mouth of Wilson, VA and Tina Miller and husband, Tony, of Roanoke, VA; a brother, Odell Little, of Crumpler; seven grandchildren; five great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews also survive. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to: the family, 415 Nathans Creek School Road, Crumpler, NC 28617.