Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Butler, James M., 1952 

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JAMES MADISON BUTLER

   Charlottesville, May 6 - Word was received here last night of the death of 
James Madison Butler, 50, of Suffolk, while staying in Bermuda.  Mr. Butler 
was a former member of the English faculty at the University of Virginia.  He 
received his bachelor of arts from the University in 1923 and returned there 
in 1931 to take a master’s degree.  He is survived by his wife the former Miss 
Wilhelmina Parker, of Charlottesville, and by two children, Charles Ayres and 
Nora.  Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

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JAMES BUTLER DIES WHILE ON CRUISE 

   Suffolk, May 6, - James Madison Butler, well known citizen of Suffolk and 
for a number of years member of the firm of J.M. Butler and Sons, died 
suddenly on Monday, shortly after he had boarded a boat to return from a 
cruise to Bermuda, according to a message received by members of his family 
from the consul at Bermuda.

   Mr. and Mrs. Butler were on a cruise for a month and were supposed to have 
left Bermuda on Monday.  Shortly after the boat left the dock, the message 
said he died suddenly.  No particulars were given.  The body is being sent to 
Suffolk and Mrs. Butler is flying home.  She is expected to reach New York 
today or tomorrow.

   Mr. Butler was a son of the late John M. Butler and Nora Butler, of 
Suffolk.  Surviving in addition to his wife, are two children, Nora and 
Charles Butler, both of Suffolk, and a number of cousins living in this city.

   Funeral arrangements will be announced later.


James Madison BUTLER, Suffolk businessman, former UVA instructor, 
d. 5 May 1952, Bermuda, age 50, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block B, Lot 16*), Suffolk, 
"The Richmond (VA) Times Dispatch," May 7, 1952; 
donated obit, newspaper unknown 

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

A 1942 portrait of a James Butler appears online, in the Library of Virginia 
   and Suffolk  Public Library's Hamblin Studio Photograph Collection. 
   Search database at the LVA website for Subject "Butler, Jas.": 
   http://www.lva.virginia.gov 


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