Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Butler, James E., 1929 

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JAMES E. BUTLER

   Suffolk, Feb. 22 - James E. Butler, 84, an old and prominently connected 
citizen of this city, this morning was found dead in bed by his son, J. 
Carlton Butler, with whom he made his home.

   Mr. Butler was the son of the late Edward Butler, and was a native of 
Nansemond County.  He is survived by J. Carlton Butler, his only son; two 
brothers Julius Butler, of Suffolk, and William Butler, of Buckhorn; three 
granddaughters, Mrs. John Wood Faison of Winton, N.C. and Misses Kathleen and 
Janice Butler, of Suffolk, and a grandson, J. Carlton Butler, Jr., of Suffolk.

   He was a member of Western Branch Baptist Church for 72 years.  For 20 
years, Mr. Butler was treasurer of Western Branch Sunday School.

   Funeral services will be held at the home, 121 Wellons Street, Saturday 
afternoon at 2 o’clock, by the Rev. Sidney Cobb, pastor of Western Branch 
Church, and the Rev. Dr. H.J. Goodwin, of the First Baptist Church of Suffolk, 
and Dr. W.W. Staley.

   The body will be taken to Western Branch Baptist Church for burial.

   Active pallbearers will be Caleb Baines, J.S. Davis, W.M. Aston, J.P. 
Dalton, E.A. Brothers, Jasper Oliver, J.F. Williams and R.G. Eley.  Honorary, 
A.J. Powell, J.T. Dalton, R.L. Daughtrey, T.J. Dunstan, William H. Eley, T.A. 
Persons, J.H. Powell, A.C. Butler, J.L. Rose, Sidney Eason, M.C. Nelms, Miles 
Parker, E,W. Wallace, Lonnie Harrell, A.W. Ballard, David Savage, R.M Ashburn, 
W.B. McClenny and R.J. Pierce.


James Edward BUTLER, 
Nansemond Co. native, d. 22 Feb 1929, at home, Suffolk, age 84, 
interred in Western Branch Baptist Church Cemetery*, 23 Feb 1929, 
donated obit, newspaper unknown 

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

His son is buried in Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk. 
   Holly Lawn list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

His brothers are buried in a COPELAND family cemetery. 
   Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-20 & -23), 
   another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol1.txt 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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