Ambrose Burgess LITTLE

                   AMBROSE BURGESS LITTLE, AND HE LIKED TO BE CALLED BURGESS, NOT AMBROSE.  HE WAS BORN IN WEST BLOCKTON, BIBB, ALABAMA ON 25 OCT 1873.  HE MET HE WIFE DORA FONDE WHILE SHE WAS ATTENDING COLLEGE AT MONTEVELLO, ALABAMA, AND HE WORKED AS A BANK TELLER.  THEY MARRIED ON THE 24 JAN 1900 IN MOBILE, ALABAMA AT I BELIEVE THE HOME OF HER PARENTS, HENRY & LULA FONDE, ON DAUPHANE STREET.  HE WAS EMPLOYED BY BUSH GROCERY, A WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTOR AS A BOOKKEEPER FOR MANY YEARS TILL THIS COMPANY WENT OUT OF BUSINESS.  LATER HE WORKED FOR VEDSOL COMPANY, A MATERIAL/CLOTHING ORGANIZATION.  IN HIS LAST YEARS HE WORKED FOR THE JUNEVILE COURT (COUNTY OF MOBILE) AS A CLERK FOR UP TO 10 YEARS.  HE LOVED OYSTERS WITH BISCUTS WITH MALASSAS FOR BREAKFAST.  HE WAS A KIND, WARM PERSON AND I FELT COMFORTABLE WITH HIM AS A SMALL BOY OF 2 TO 4 YEARS OLD.  HE DIED 24 APR 1943 IN MOBILE, ALABAMA.  I REMEMER MY MOTHER RECEIVING THE TELEPHONE CALL UPON HIS DEATH.  SHE WAS VERY SAD, AND THIS WAS MY FIRST EXPERIENCE OF DEATH, BUT IT WAS LONG DISTANCE AS WITH MY GRANDFATHER SCOTT, I COULD SEE HIM.