Nansemond County-Suffolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Butler, William H., 1973 

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Suffolk Man Treated For Stab Wound 

  Billie Butler, 312 N. Main St., was under intensive care at Louise Obici 
Memorial Hospital Friday morning with a stab wound in the abdomen.  Butler 
told Suffolk police that he was standing on the corner of Franklin St. and 
E. Washington St. about 5 p.m. Thursday when a man walked up and asked him 
for a dime.  When he refused, Butler said the man grabbed him by the wrist. 
Butler said he tried to get away, and the man, whom Butler said was a 
stranger, stabbed him in the abdomen with a knife. 

  The assailant was described as being about 5 ft. 7 and weighing about 120 
lb. 

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William H. Butler 

  William H. (Billie) Butler, 73, of 312½ N. Main St, died Monday in Louise 
Obici Memorial Hospital of stab wounds suffered Thursday. 

  A retired painter, Butler was the son of the late Julius R. and Alice 
Copeland Butler of Nansemond.  He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Doris B. 
Potter of Sunbury, N.C., and Mrs. Lessie B. Taylor of Chesapeake. 

  A funeral service will be conducted at I.O. Hill and Co. Funeral Home at 2 
p.m. Wednesday by the Rev. Ralph W. Logan.  Burial will be in the Copeland 
family cemetery, Buckhorn. 


"Billie" William Harrison BUTLER, retired painter, 
b. 22 Jan 1901*, Nansemond Co., 
stabbed 23 Aug 1973, Suffolk, d. 27 Aug 1973, Suffolk, 
interred in the COPELAND family cemetery*, 29 Aug 1973, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 51, No. 203, Fri., Aug. 24, 1973, p. 8; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 51, No. 206, Tues., Aug. 28, 1973, p. 8 

*Additional information: 

Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (NV-I-23), an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol1.txt 

Find a Grave Memorial #101074090 gives b. 20 Feb 1900.  [no grave photo] 

His parents are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 73-029383 & WW-II draft card give b. 22 Jan 1901.

His first wife Mary Myrtle (BOYCE) BUTLER (1903 - 1937) is buried in 
   Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk - Block D, Lot 114. 
   Cedar Hill list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt 

He 2m. "Virgie" Virginia Lee (UNDERWOOD) BUTLER (1903 - 1971) 
   15 Jul 1939 (Suffolk #169); they div. in 1943.  Virgie is buried 
   with her parents in Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk. 
   Holly Lawn list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 


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