Grady County GaArchives Obituaries.....Mary Butler / Mary Price 1956 Double Funeral
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Winter Haven Herald
Friday, March 16, 1956

Mother and Daughter Die Day Apart; Double Funeral Here Monday

   A double funeral was held at the Inwood Church of God Monday afternoon for 
Mrs. Marie McCray Butler, 65, of Winter Haven, and her daughter, Mrs. Mary 
Addie Price, 44, of Tampa and Winter Haven. The service was conducted by the 
pastor, Rev. Johnnie R. Wilson, and the Ott-Laughlin Funeral Home had charge 
of the obsequies at Oak Lawn Cemetery.
   Mrs. Butler died at the Winter Haven Hospital Friday morning and Mrs. 
Price passed away at the Tampa Municipal Hospital at 6 p.m., only 34 hours 
later. Mrs. Butler had been ill only five days, but Mrs. Price died after an 
illness of three years.
   Both women were natives of Grady County, Ga.  Mrs. Butler moved to Winter 
Haven seven years ago. She was a member of the Inwood Church of God. She was 
the widow of James Richard Butler who died in Georgia in 1929.
   Mrs. Price came to Florida from Georgia five years ago. She maintained 
residence in both Tampa and Winter Haven. She attended the Inwood Church of 
God. Mrs. Price is survived by her husband, Charlie Price, Tampa; two 
daughters, Mrs. Thereas Selph and Mrs. Moniese Whiddon, Thomasville, Ga.; and 
four sons, Joe E. Price, Newton, Ala., Albert Price, Tampa, and Rudolph and 
Robert Price, Thomasville, Ga.
   The two women are survived by the following daughters and sisters; Mrs. 
A.F. Nesmith, Pelham Ga., and Mrs. Bessie Gertrude Stewart and Mrs. Chester 
Tucker, Winter Haven; a son and brother, John Robert Butler, Newton, Ala.; 
and Mrs. Butler by a sister, Mrs. Rhoda Miller, Thomasville, Ga., and 11 
grandchildren.