Obituary of HENRY RAYMOND BUTLER, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.  
Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.

Many Thanks to The Times - Signal and to the LaSalle Parish Library for 
allowing the following to be added to the Archives.





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Date:  January 16, 1958, Thursday

Headline:  Raymond Butler, 25, Accident Victim is Buried at New Union

Henry Raymond Butler, 25, who was killed instantly when his motorcycle 
collided with an automobile on the outskirts of New Orleans last Friday 
afternoon, was buried Sunday afternoon at New Union Cemetery near Tullos, 
following final rites conducted by the Rev. Doris Dearman at the New Union 
Baptist Church.

Mr. Butler, who lived in New Orleans with his wife and three children, 
reportedly was enroute home from work when the accident occurred about 4:30 
p.m.  Details of the collision between his motorcycle and the automobile were 
not known here.  Mr. Butler had family connections in LaSalle Parish.

He is survived by his wife, Joan, a daughter, Donna, and two sons, Charles 
and Raymond, Jr., of New Orleans; three brothers, Charles and William of New 
Orleans and Albert of Tallulah; three sisters, Mrs. Anna Warren of Guam 
Island, and Miss Betty Butler and Myrtle Geanette, both of New Orleans; his 
father, Charles H. Butler, now in Panama, and his mother, Mrs. Zola Miles 
Baronne, of New Orleans.

Funeral arrangements and interment were under the direction of Kinner and 
Stevens Home for Funerals of Jena.