Greenville - Barbara Jean Stanford Little, 91, of Greenville, Texas, passed away on Jan. 23, 2026.

A funeral service will be held Monday, Feb. 2 at 2 p.m. at the chapel of Coker-Mathews Funeral Home, with Rev. Royce Litchfield officiating. Burial will follow at Memoryland Memorial Park. Visitation will be at 1 p.m. until service time at the funeral home.

Barbara was born May 26, 1934 in Greenville, Texas to J. W. and Ida Mae Wilson Stanford. She attended and graduated from Greenville High School in 1952, where she was a member of the Flaming Flashes and voted Sophomore Class Favorite, Senior Band Sweetheart and Most Beautiful. She married Gerald Wayne Little on Jan. 5, 1953 in Durant, Oklahoma. She worked for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company until retirement on July 1, 1989. She was of the Baptist faith.

Barbara is survived by her son, Jerry Little and wife, Shelly; daughter, Susan Little Herbert and husband, David; grandchildren, Jonathan Herbert and wife, Ali, Julie Herbert, Jeremy Little and wife, Jessica, Kittrell Vinson, Charles Vinson, Maddie Sentry and husband, Garrett; great-grandchildren, Everleigh Herbert, Charli Herbert, Sadie Herbert, Leighton Little, Leif Sentry; sister, Betty King; sister-in-law, Joy Davis , Linda Devers, Barbara Stanford and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; granddaughter, Jamie Little; brothers, Jody Stanford and wife, Linda, Michael Stanford; and brother-in-law, Charles King.

Pallbearers will be Jonathan Herbert, Bubba King, Jeremy Little, James Stanford, Jeff Standford, Joel Stanford, Kevin Stanford and Steve Stanford.