Books by Steve Little - Author and Advocate

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Stephen R. "Steve" Little

Marion, North Carolina

Steve Little is the senior attorney in the Marion, North Carolina law firm of Little, Lattimore, and Ledford, P.A., with a personal emphasis on elder law issues. He is licensed to conduct trials and appeals in all the Courts of North Carolina, in the federal courts, and was admitted in 2003 to practice and present legal arguments to the United States Supreme Court.

In addition to his legal career, Steve is also recognized as a talented North Carolina author, having authored several literary works. He is currently in his fourth four-year term as the Mayor of Marion, first elected in 2009 after serving 24 consecutive years as a publicly-elected member of the Marion City Council. Over the years, he has contributed to several policy committees for the National League of Cities and the North Carolina League of Municipalities.

Steve is deeply involved in his community as an active member of First Baptist Church in Marion, NC, where he has taught the 3rd - 5th grade Sunday School class since 2008. He continues to serve as a Deacon, Endowment Fund Trustee, and a member of both the adult choir and the adult handbell choir. For over a dozen years, he has managed the logistics of food purchasing, vehicle utilization, and support for medical and construction mission teams on trips to the impoverished regions of Belize, sponsored by FBC-Marion.

In his commitment to Baptist causes, he served four years on the national governing board of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship based in Atlanta, Georgia. From 2010-2011, he acted as State Moderator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina. Steve has also been a Trustee for NC Baptist Hospital of Wake Forest Baptist Health and Wingate University, along with his service as a Trustee for Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina. Beyond church-related activities, he has held director roles in various local non-profit groups in Marion and McDowell County, NC, including providing 25 years of pro bono legal counsel for McDowell County Habitat for Humanity and serving 14 years as a Trustee of The McDowell Hospital in Marion, NC.

As a prominent speaker on estate planning in North Carolina, Steve frequently presents at various professional continuing education conferences for the National Business Institute and the North Carolina Baptist Foundation. His topics include drafting of wills and trusts, administering estates, civil litigation, special needs trusts, and ethics in estate planning documentation.

Steve has published literary works that include seven self-published titles, such as Tunnels, Nitro, and Convicts (published in both 2010 and the revised edition in 2023), detailing the history of the railroad and tunnels from 1875-1879 in western McDowell County. Other notable works include The Home Tree, a bedtime story for children; The Mighty Locomotive, aimed at young readers; and Andrews Geyser: Star of the Mountain Railroad. In 2013, he shared a true inspirational story titled Our Life is Very Good from his mission trip experiences in Belize. His more recent work, Nature Hike in the Blue Ridge, identifies and describes the flora in the Western North Carolina mountains.

Steve regularly speaks to civic clubs, train clubs, church groups, and school students about the railroad history of the Western North Carolina Railroad. Until a vocal cord impairment developed, he often performed historical re-enactments as the