Isle of Wight-Southampton-Nansemond County-Newport News City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Butler, C. Morrison, 1970 

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CHARLES MORRISON BUTLER

Zuni - C. Morrison Butler, 60, died Sunday in his home.

A lifelong resident of Zuni, [sic*] he was a son of Lloyd H. and Mrs. 
Theodosia Bowden Butler and the husband of the late Mrs. Lillie Myers Ward 
Butler.

He was the general foreman of riggers for Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock 
Corp.

He was an elder and teacher of Bethany Presbyterian Church, a charter member 
of Zuni Ruritan Club, and past master of Blackwater Masonic Lodge 34 of Zuni.

He is survived by two sons, Morrison Kerry Butler of Franklin and Sherald Ward 
Butler of Palmyra; a sister, Mrs. Alice Bradshaw of Windsor; two brothers, S. 
Claiborne Butler of Franklin and Walter Hudson Butler of Windsor; and two 
grandchildren.

A funeral service will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Purviance Funeral Chapel, 
Wakefield.  Burial, with Masonic rites, will be held in Holly Lawn Cemetery, 
Suffolk.

In lieu of flowers the family suggests contributions be made to Zuni 
Presbyterian School.


Charles Morrison BUTLER, general foreman of riggers, Newport News Shipbuilding, 
d. 12 Aug 1973, at home, age 60, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery**, Suffolk, 14 Aug 1973, 
donated obit, newspaper unknown 

**Holly Lawn list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

His parents are buried in Tucker Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Tucker Swamp list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/tckrswp.txt 

*His M.Cert. (1939 Nan.Co. #11) gives b. Suffolk. 

His wife's obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 3, 1970) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/b346l5ob.txt 


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