Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Butler, Rev. Harrison H., 1924 

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HARRISON HOLLAND BUTLER

FUNERAL OF CHRISTIAN MINISTER CONDUCTED

     Suffolk, Feb. 19 - Funeral services for the Rev. Harrison H. Butler, for 
more than forty years in the ministry of the Christian Church, held this 
afternoon at the Suffolk Christian Church, were conducted by Rev. Dr. W.W. 
Staley, assisted by the Rev. H.S. Hardcastle, Rev. Dr. I.W. Johnson and 
Ministers of other denominations of the city.

     The choir of the church sang "Day is Dying in the West," "Kissed by the 
Angel of Peace," and "Rock of Ages"

     Active pallbearers were Dr. D.F. Griffin, Major W.T. Johnson, M.W. Joyner, 
J.R. Ellison, John M. Eley, E. F.Parker, of Cypress Chapel; John M. Butler, and 
Sam Pierce, of Norfolk.

     The members of Suffolk Lodge of Masons were honorary pallbearers.  The 
Masonic burial service was used at the grave in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Note: Fifteen Ministers present: A.L. Kenyon, F.B. McSparren, F.O. Crimminger, 
F.B. Oglesby, I.W. Johnson, H. S. Hardcastle, H.E. Rountree, W.D. Harward, 
J.H. Lightbourne, T.E. White, J.G, Truitt, S.K. Emurian, J.L. Foster, Elisha 
Bradshaw, and W.W. Staley.


[Rev. Harrison Holland BUTLER, b. Isle of Wight Co., d. 18 Feb 1924, age 72, 
 interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block G, Lot 33), Suffolk, 19 Feb 1924, 
 "The Suffolk (VA) News Herald," dateline Feb. 20, 1924] 

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