SMITHFIELD – Carol Ann (Markham) Little, 79, passed away at home on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023, with her family by her side. Carol was born Sept. 19, 1943, in Middletown, Connecticut, to Frederick and Marjorie (Lypscon) Markham. She lived in Smithfield, Maine, Connecticut and Florida in her early years and primarily in Smithfield for most of her adult life.

Carol graduated from Williams High School in Oakland in 1961 and attended Thomas College. She was a proud member of MENSA.

She worked for the State of Maine for most of her career. Her final position with the State was as a legal secretary for the Attorney General’s Office until her retirement in 2002.

Carol had many interests including reading, gardening, cooking, traveling, sewing, knitting, crafting, etc., but her true passion was genealogy. She was proud of the Markham line and could talk about it for hours to anyone who would listen. She spent a lifetime researching her family tree and said that she was inspired at age 10 by her grandfather’s study of it. She provided a welcoming environment for her children and all of the friends and neighbors to come to hang out by the lake. In the late ’80s, Carol began to travel to England, Scotland, Belgium, and Holland as well as to Nova Scotia, Canada and to Connecticut, Virginia, Alabama, and Louisiana.

She was predeceased by her sister, Dorothy Jean Markham; father Frederick Markham; stepfather Richard Merry; and mother Marjorie Merry.

Carol is survived by Fred Merry and wife, Bonny, of Mercer; Carolyn Lepack of Sabattus; Loralyn Clark and husband, Dale, of Oakland; Heather Toth of Smithfield; Heidi Little-Marshall and husband, Conrad, of Fairfield; and Linwood Little, Jr. and wife, Linda, of Smithfield; and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.

The family would like to thank Maine General Home Health and Hospice for their care and support in Carol’s final days.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Mother’s Day weekend.

Arrangements under the direction and care of Dan & Scott’s Cremation & Funeral Service, 445 Waterville Road, Skowhegan, ME 04976.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Carol’s memory to: Smithfield Historical Society, P.O. Box 15, Smithfield, ME 04978.

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