Mitchell County Georgia Obituaries William B. Butler Sr. 1920 ****************************************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ****************************************************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Sam Luckey Oct 2002 Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/mitchell.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Obituary of William B. Butler Sr. as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 2 January 1920. One of Mitchell County's prominent citizens and longtime residents, Mr. W. B. Butler succumbed to death on Friday, 25 Dec 1919, at 2:00 AM at his home in Hopeful community, after a long and tedious illness. Mr. Butler had suffered continually for the past eighteen months from rheumatism, which grew worse toward the last and nothing that loving family and friends could do, could allay the hand of disease, relief coming only in the peaceful sleep of death. Funeral services were held at Hopeful cemetery Saturday, 26 Dec 1919, at 3:00 PM. Rev J. I. D. Miller conducted the services and a large number of relatives and friends attended the obsequies. Mr. Butler was about sixty years old when claimed by death. He spent nearly the whole of his lifetime as a resident of Mitchell county, although at one time moved to Bainbridge and spent several years. The deceased has made one of the stable citizens of the county, has served his family, his community and his church faithfully and lovingly and leaves many behind to love and respect his memory. Mr. Butler was long a member of the Baptist church and was interested in all its enterprises. He is survived by his wife and the following children, Messrs. Willie and Lewis Butler of Hopeful, Mrs. Will Andrews of Watertown, Fla., Mrs. Leroy Dickey of Thomasville, Mr. Bryant Butler of San Francisco, Cal., and a young son, Rendel, who resided with his mother. Mr. Butler is also survived by one brother, one sister, and an aged father. The sympathy of many friends go out to the family in their sad loss.