Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Butts, Dr. George W., 1912 

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DR. GEORGE WASHINGTON BUTTS 

PROMINENT MAN DIES SUDDENLY 

Dr. George W. Butts, Honored Citizen Of Nansemond, Victim Of Heart Disease 

  Dr. George W. Butts, a hero of the Civil War and one of the most prominent 
and honored citizens of Nansemond county, died suddenly Friday night while he 
was visiting his daughter, Mrs. Henry Powell, 200 Boulevard, Port Norfolk. 
The cause was heart failure and he was in his seventieth year. 

  He left his home in Chuckatuck Friday and apparently in the best of health. 
For a week he had been unwell and while in Suffolk en route to Port Norfolk 
consulted a physician.  He was one of the most prominent citizens of Nansemond 
county and had often been honored by his fellow citizens. 

  He was born in 1843 and served with distinction in the war between the 
States as a member of the Thirteenth cavalry, Pickett's division.  He was 
studying law at the University of Virginia when the war broke out and ran away 
in his senior year to enlist in the Confederate army.  Because his brother, 
who was a doctor, was killed during the war he changed his profession, 
graduating as an M.D. from a Richmond medical school in 1867.  For 40 years 
he practiced his profession, retiring five years ago.  For many years he was 
treasurer of Nansemond county, his term expiring last January, and was 
chairman of the Board of Supervisors for a number of years.  He was also 
president of the Board of Visitors of the State School for the Deaf and Dumb 
at Staunton for 18 years, having been appointed by each governor in succession 
during that time.  At the time of his death he was a member of the Tom Smith 
Camp, U.C.V., Suffolk, and a member of the Masonic fraternity. 

  He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Hattie Denson Butts; three daughters, Mrs. 
Z.H. Powell, of Port Norfolk; Mrs. C.A. Baker, of Ocean View, and Mrs. J.H. 
Branch, and a sister, Mrs. Eudora Kilby, and three grandchildren. 

  The body will be taken to Suffolk this morning on the Seaboard Air Line 
railway train and will be carried to Chuckatuck, where the funeral will take 
place from Wesley Chapel, the services to be conducted by Rev. Mr. Pribble. 
The pall bearers will be: Honorary - Dr. W.M.A. Bowles, Dr. Richard Parker, 
T.J. Saunders, W.H. Jones, Jr., C.T. Minton, R.R. Smith, George W. Nurney, 
H.E. Smith, R.L. Brewer, Herbert C. Hall, R.C. Gilliam, L.W. Davis, James 
Latimer, J.E. West, S.H. Miller, Burton Lewis, J.J. Kirk, J.H. Lindsay, E.D. 
Brinkley, and W. Quinton Peele; active - Dr. F.J. Morrison, Dr. L.W. White, 
Dr. J.E. Phillips, C.B. Godwin, W.C. Moore, Colonel E.E. Holland, C.R. Fulgham 
and George T. Rawls. 

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       DR. BUTTS' FUNERAL 

  Suffolk, Va., Sept. 8. - The body of Dr. George W. Butts, who died suddenly 
Friday night in Port Norfolk, arrived in Suffolk at 10 o'clock this morning, 
accompanied by his family.  It was taken to Wesley Chapel Methodist church, 
near Chuckatuck, where the funeral services took place at 12 o'clock. 

  Numbers of people from Suffolk attended the funeral, as Dr. Butts was well 
known and had many friends here. 

  The church was crowded.  The floral offerings were numerous and beautiful. 
The interment was in the church yard. 

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  Suffolk, Va. - Dr. George W. Butts, aged 70 years, dropped dead Friday night 
at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Henry Powell, in Port Norfolk.  Dr. Butts 
was a Confederate soldier. 


Dr. George Washington BUTTS, retired physician, Confederate veteran, 
   former Treasurer & Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, 
b. 22 Feb 1843, Nansemond Co., d. 6 Sep 1912, Port Norfolk, 
interred in Wesley Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery*, Chuckatuck, 8 Sep 1912, 
"Virginian-Pilot & Norfolk (VA) Landmark," Vol. 45, No. 70, Sun., Sep. 8, 1912, p. 8; 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Vol. 45, No. 71, Mon., Sep. 9, 1912, p. 7; 
"Baltimore (MD) Sun," Mon., Sep. 9, 1912, p. 6, 
   text posted with Find a Grave Memorial #9924226 

*Additional information: 

Wesley Chapel list (WC-3), an extension of the Southampton County Historical 
   Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/wesleych.txt 

A photo of Dr. BUTTS & a scan of D.Cert. 7022 - both added by BigFrench - and 
   photos of his gravestone & plot - added by Jake Dog - are also posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #9924226. 

His mother Mary Mills (CORBELL; Mrs. Dr. Edward A.) BUTTS (1812 - 1884) 
   is also buried there. Lyndon H. Hart's "A Genealogy of the Southern 
   Virginia Blunts," p. 132, gives her maiden name as GODWIN. 

His widow's obits ("Virginian-Pilot & Norfolk Landmark," Aug. 25 & 26, 1914) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b320h1ob.txt 

His brother Walter served as a lieutenant in Co. F, 9th VA Infantry; he was 
   KIA at Gettysburg and re-interred in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, in 1872. 


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