Butts-Oglethorpe County GaArchives Obituaries.....Buttrill, Lucy Manley December 12, 1897
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Jackson Argus – Butts County, Week of April 15, 1898
Mrs. Lucy Manley Buttrill – Memorium

One of the saddest deaths of the year occurred at Jackson, Ga., December 12, 
1897, when all that was mortal of Mrs. Lucy Manley Buttrill passed from earth 
to paradise.  She had attained the ripe age of seventy-six years and from her 
early girlhood she had been a faithful and untiring worker in the Master’s 
vineyard.  She was loveable and true beyond measure, and governed her household 
with wisdom mingled with sweet simplicity.  She was a splendid type of the old 
time Southern mother and matron, who, in the strength of her character, and 
grace of her manner illustrated the social civilization of the South.  She was 
a bright and welcome addition to every circle she entered, and her friends were 
numbered by the score.  She was popular with all classes, for to know her 
strong individuality , attraction and affectionate personality was to love, 
admire and to prize her.  Few women have left a deeper and more lasting 
impression up the world in which she moved that did this noble woman.  Life 
with her was real and earnest.  Whether in the circle of home, or out in the 
world doing good, a concentrated zeal stamped her life’s work, and left its 
impression on the age to which she lived.

She sprang from an old Virginia family who early settled in Oglethorpe county, 
Ga.,  Miss Lucy Manley was her maiden name.  She was married to Asa Buttrill of 
Butts County, Ga. January 14, 1841.  They were blessed with six children: three 
dying in infancy, and her son Joseph, who was killed or died while in the 
service of his country, in the confederate army.  One son, Mr. Z. T. Buttrill, 
a prominent and prosperous farmer of Butts county, and that noble daughter, 
Mrs. L. D. Watson of Jackson, Ga., survive her.  She lived to celebrate her 
golden wedding January 15, 1891, and her sweet and handsome face was the 
happiest seen on that memorable occasion.  She lived a beautiful Christian 
life, always thoughtful of the comfort and pleasing of others, and daily 
visiting a kindness and blessing on some less fortunate than herself.

God’s message came for her on Sunday morning.  His day, a fitting time for such 
a noble and beautiful life to close.



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