Diana Dickson Little

Background

Little, Diana Dickson was born on December 14, 1950 in Mobile, Alabama, United States. Daughter of James David Junior and Lillian (Johnston) Dickson.

Education

ADN, Hinds Junior College, Raymond, Mississippi, 1975; Bachelor of science in nursing, William Carey College, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 1981; MSN, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, 1991.

Career

Staff and charge nurse emergency room, Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, Jackson, 1975-1976; staff nurse genitourinary, ear, nose, throat and eye units, VA Medical Center, Jackson, 1976-1979; hematology-oncology nurse, VA Medical Center, Jackson, 1979-1991; oncology clinical nurse specialist, VA Medical Center, Jackson, since 1991.

Achievements

• Diana Dickson Little has been listed as a noteworthy Oncology clinical nurse specialistfamily nurse by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of advisory board Hospice of Center Mississippi, Jackson, since 1990. Board directors Mississippi division American Cancer Society, 1986-1996, chair nursing sub-committee for professional education, Mississippi division, 1985-1987, 91-93. Volunteer American Red Cross, Jackson, since 1987.

Member National Oncology Nursing Society, Mississippi Oncology Nursing Society, National Organisation VA Nurses, S.W. Oncology Group, American Cancer Society (advisory group on nursing since 1993).

Interests

• Avocation: counted cross-stitch.

Connections

Married James E. Little, June 18, 1971 (deceased March 1990). 1 child, Amy Yvonne; married Jake William Heard, August 29, 1991.

Father:

James David Dickson Junior

Mother:

Lillian (Johnston) Dickson

Spouse:

Jake William Heard

Spouse:

James E. Little

child:

Amy Yvonne Little