Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Butler, Tony H., 1960 

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Tony Butler Is Found Dead; Rites Saturday 

  Funeral services for Tony Butler will be conducted Saturday at 3 p.m. at the 
graveside in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery by the Rev. Thomas O. Moak, 
pastor of the Windsor Baptist Church.  The funeral procession will leave the 
Baker Funeral Home For the cemetery at 2:15 p.m. 

  Mr. Butler, 71, was found in his cottage near Buckhorn Thurday about 5 p.m. 
by a neighbor. 

  He was last seen alive Friday at a Buckhorn store, where he complained of 
not feeling well.  Remembering this, the neighbor went to his home, found him 
dead and called the Nansemond County Police. 

  According to Dr. G. Richardson Joyner, county coroner, the man apparently 
died of a heart attack. 

  A painter by trade, he was noted throughout the county as a fiddler and 
square dancer. 

  He is survived by five brothers, Crawley Butler, Johnny Butler, Harry Butler 
and Leroy Butler, all af Norfolk, and Marcus Butler, USMC, stationed in 
California; six sisters, Mrs. Eunice Whedbee, Mrs. Virginia Davis, Mrs. Lottie 
Anderson, Mrs. Nettie Harris, Mrs. Julia Howard and Mrs. Mattie Polter, all of 
Norfolk, and a step-mother, Mrs. Eula Butler, also of Norfolk. 

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TONY HARRISON BUTLER

  SUFFOLK - The body of Tony Butler, about 75 [sic; 71*], was found in his 
cottage near Buckhorn Thursday about 5 p.m. by a neighbor.

  He was last seen alive Friday at a Buckhorn store, where he complained of 
not feeling well.  Remembering this, the neighbor went to his home, found him 
dead, and called the police.

  A painter by trade, he was noted throughout the county as a fiddler and 
square dancer.

  The body was taken to Baker Funeral Home.


Tony Harrison BUTLER, painter by trade, and fiddler & square dancer, 
b. 28 Dec 1888, Isle of Wight Co., d. 28 Oct 1960, at home, near Buckhorn, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 38, No. 262, Fri., Nov. 4, 1960, p. 3; 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Sat., Nov. 5, 1960 

*Additional information: 

Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 

Unmarked?  Neither Tony nor his bro Robert Bracken appear on the 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

No Find a Grave Memorial 

D.Cert. 29916 (Holy Neck #7) gives b. 13 Dec 1888; it incorrectly gives his 
   mother as Mattie Butler.  Bettie W. SAUNDERS m. John Bracken BUTLER, 5 Jan 
   1880, in Isle of Wight Co.  Bracken 2m. Eula Mae JOHNSON. 

Birthdate from IoW.Co. B.Reg. 

The 1900 Census - Windsor Dist., IoW.Co. - gives b. Dec 1890. 

WW-II draft card gives b. 17 Dec 1888. 

His father's obit ("Virginian-Pilot," Jan. 20, 1928) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/b346j5ob.txt 

Tony's paternal uncle William Washington "Bud" BUTLER (1865 - 1945) 
   was buried at Antioch, but he is marked with his widow 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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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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