Grady County GaArchives Obituaries.....Butler, Elizabeth S. November 1920
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The Cairo Messenger, November 26, 1920
Beloved Woman Is Claimed By Death

Mrs. Elizabeth S. Butler, aged and well beloved citizen of Camilla and Mitchell 
county, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. K. P. Wight, in Cairo on 
Saturday at the noon hour after a short illness from pneumonia.  She had been 
in feeble health for several years and owing to her extreme age was guarded as 
a tender plant by children that her frail strength might be preserved.  When 
she was taken about the middle of last week with pneumonia, all her children 
were summoned to the bedside and were with her when the end came.

A short funeral service was held at the Wight home in Cairo on Sunday morning 
at 8:30 o'clock, after which the funeral party left for Camilla by automobile, 
reaching here at eleven o'clock.  Funeral services were held at the grave in 
Oakview cemetery where a large number of friends and loved ones braved the 
bitter cold to pay respect to the deceased.  Rev. W. P. Blevins, pastor of the 
Camilla Methodist church, was in charge of the services.  The choir sang "Face 
to Face" after which Rev. J. B. Wight of Cairo led in prayer.  "Asleep In 
Jesus" was then sung and Rev. W. C. Jones of Cairo, a former pastor of the 
Camilla Methodist church, gave a talk rendering touching and beautiful tributes 
to the long and saintly life of the deceased.  Afterward the choir sang 
softly "Shall We Gather At The River", as the casket was lowered in the grave 
the impressive words of the burial service were ready by Rev. W. P. Blevins,  
Rev. Wight and Rev. Jones.  The services continued with a short prayer by Rev. 
Jones.  The pall bearers, the son, sons-in-law and cousins of the departed, 
were Messrs. K. P. Wight, of Cairo; T. R. Bennett of Atlanta, W. A. Bennett, J. 
F. Butler and Dr. F. L. Lewis of Camilla.  Mutely touching were the lovely and 
gorgeous floral offerings, which were almost entirely composed of 
chrysanthemums in mauve, purple, gold and white.

Among those who came up from Cairo with the family to attend the funeral were 
Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Wight, Mrs. Poulk, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Peacock, Rev. and Mrs. 
W. C. Jones and Mrs. Will Wight.

Mrs. Butler was the oldest woman and probably the oldest person in Camilla.  
She was in her 90th year and in January would have passed her 90th birthday.  
Length of years was not the only remarkable feature of her life, for the life 
of the deceased had been one of Christian influence, the beginning of her 
experience as a Christian dating back to her childhood.  She moved to Camilla 
with her husband, the late James F. Butler, from Decatur county about 35 years 
ago, and this noble couple, together with others who have passed on from their 
earthly labors, were responsible for the building and making of Camilla and its 
standards of old fashioned piety.  The Methodist Church of Camilla owes much to 
their steadfast loyalty in the days when the congregation was small and 
scattered.  Lacking only ten years of living a century, Mrs. Butler never 
wavered in her Christian faith, but the weight of years and infirmities weighed 
heavily on her feeble strength, and as the end drew nigh, she turned her face 
lovingly toward her Father's House and peace of another world.

Mrs. Butler is survived by three daughters, Mrs. E. P. Wight of Cairo; Mrs. T. 
R. Bennett of this city and one son, Mr. J. B. Butler of Whigham, together with 
a number of grand children and one great grandchild, the little son of Mr. and 
Mrs. Mozelle, of Whigham.

The entire community mourns with the family in the death of this good woman and 
extends to them a sincere sympathy. — The Camilla Enterprise       

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