Ouachita-Tensas County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....BUTTS, ROBIN HARRIS March 21, 2009 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Gina Brown http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0006026 March 31, 2009, 8:48 pm News Star World - March 31, 2009 ROBIN HARRIS BUTTS Young's Funeral Home Ferriday, LA Robin Harris Butts, 86, died Saturday, March 21, 2009, at her home on Helena Plantation in Waterproof. Funeral services were held at the Chapel of Young's Funeral Home in Ferriday on Tuesday, March 24, 2009, at 11:00 AM with Rev. Dave Sheehun officiating, with interment at Natchez City Cemetery. Visitation was held Monday, March 23, from 5:00 P.M.-7:00 P.M. at Young's Funeral Home, Ferriday. Mrs. Butts was born in Memphis, TN. on July 4, 1922, to the late Dr. and Mrs. Robin Harris of Jackson, MS and was married to the late Henry Fowler Butts. She graduated from Charleston High School in Mississippi before attending Copiah-Lincoln Community College. She graduated with majors in Chemistry and Bacteriology from Mississippi State University, where she was also a member of the Maroon Band and the Chi Omega Sorority. Prior to working as a Medical Technologist at the New Orleans Ochsner Clinic, Mrs. Butts completed a Medical Technology internship at Street-Mercy Hospital. She was always a supporter of young people through the Boy Scouts, 4-H Club, Children of the American Revolution, and serving as a girls' softball coach. She was a lifetime member of the Waterproof High School Quarterback Club, a member of the Tensas Academy Athletic Association, and a member of the Presbyterian Church, where she served as an elder. Mrs. Butts was also a charter member of the Bruin-Vidal Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, holding several offices including State Treasurer, State Regent, National Vice Chairman of Conservation, Reporter General to the National Society of DAR, and National Chairman of Insignia. She was an avid conservationist, having won the National DAR Conservationist Award, and loved all forms of sports and wildlife. Mrs. Butts is survived by her son and daughter-in-law Ed and Bernadette Butts of Fairfield, CT, her daughter and son-in-law Ann and Dennis Burns of Waterproof, LA. granddaughter Robin Rae Burns of Clinton, MS and granddaughter and her husband Libbi and Ryan Calloway of Little Rock, Ark.; Survivors also include sisters Fisher Kortz of British Columbia, Nancy Ann Harris and Harley and Jon Williams of Annapolis, MD. She was preceded in death by her brothers, Dr. Jeff Harris and Richard Harris. Pallbearers were be Lucas Harris, James Lentz, James Clower, Bobby James, Darrell Vandeven, Don Magee, Jr., Bryant Killen, Tru Goldman. Memorials may be made to Tensas Academy and Wesley Chapel. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/ouachita/obits/b/butts3275gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 3.2 Kb