Loraine Cruz Little, 54, of Beaumont, died Sunday, June 29, 2014, at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont.  Born December 12, 1959, in Port Arthur, Loraine was the daughter of Lucy Domingue Cruz and Mack Escobar Cruz.  She liked to crochet, arts and crafts and gardening.  Loraine was a great wife, mother, and grandmother.

She is survived by her husband, McKinley Little, Sr.; children, McKinley Little, Jr. and Christy Naylor and her husband, Glen; grandsons, Nathan Naylor and Elijah Haskett; brothers, Raymond Cruz, Rodney Cruz, and Lee Cruz; and sisters, Cynthia Ramirez, Rita Cruz, Rosie Cruz, Louise Cruz, Erma Garn and Wendy Eddy.  Loraine was preceded in death by her parents and brothers, Richard Cruz and Robert Cruz.

A Funeral Mass for Mrs. Little will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, July 3, 2014, at Cristo Rey Catholic Church 767 Avenue A, Beaumont, under the direction of Broussard’s, 2000 McFaddin, Beaumont.  Cremation will be held at a later time at Broussard’s Crematorium.