Adams County MsArchives Obituaries.....Butler Sr., Odie Lee September 6 2000
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Natchez Democrat September 10, 2000
Odie Lee Butler Sr.

--Sept. 5, 1912 - Sept. 6, 2000

Services for Odie Lee Butler Sr., 88, of Natchez, who died Wednesday, Sept. 6, 
2000, at Natchez Community Hospital, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Egypt 
Baptist Church with Minister K.E. Stanton officiating.

Burial will be at church cemetery under the direction of George F. West Funeral 
Home.

Visitation is from 5 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home and from 10 a.m. until 
service time Saturday at the church.

Mr. Butler was born Sept. 5, 1912, in Adams County, the son of George and 
Theresa White Butler.

He was employed with Cathedral Elementary School as a custodian when he retired 
in 1987. He was a member of Egypt Baptist Church where he was church clerk, the 
Universal Home Support Lodge No.1, juvenile secretary, inspector and money 
changer and Masonic Order of John G. Jones Lodge No. 3.

Mr. Butler was preceded in death by his wife, Emline Lyles Butler; oldest 
child, Mary Butler Riley; third child, Robert Butler, an infant; three 
brothers, George Butler Jr., Eugene Butler Sr. and Marcus Butler; and two 
sisters, Mary L. Washington and Annie Mae Burroughs.

Survivors include three daughters, Adelene B. Allen and her husband, Donald Sr. 
and Sarah B. Young of Buffalo, New York and Emma B. Harris of Fullerton, 
Calif.; two sons, Odie Lee Butler Jr. and his wife, Pearl of Spanaway, Wash. 
and George Lee Butler of Buffalo, N.Y.; two sisters, Theresa Richardson of 
Natchez and Orelia Rounds of New Orleans; 24 grandchildren; 25 great-
grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and a number of nieces, nephews, 
other relatives, friends and neighbors.

Pallbearers will be his Masonic brothers.

Honorary pallbearers will be his grandsons.


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