Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Butler, R. Sherman, 1965 

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RICHARD SHERMAN BUTLER

   R. Sherman Butler, 63, died Thursday in a Norfolk hospital.

   He was the husband of Mrs. Roberta Copeland Butler and a son of Richard A. 
and Mrs. Mamie Pierce Butler.  He was a native of Isle of Wight County and a 
member of Franklin Congregational Christian Church and its Men’s Bible Class, 
Woodmen of the World, and Carrsville Ruritan Club.

   Besides his widow, surviving are two daughters, Mrs. William S. Moore of 
Portsmouth and Mrs. Joel Clinton Bradshaw Jr. of Carrsville; two sons Richard 
S. Butler of Norfolk and Russell Butler of Huntington, W.Va.; a sister, Mrs. 
Clyde G. Johnson of Holland; and 11 grandchildren.

   A funeral service was held Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in W.J.M. Holland and Sons 
Funeral Home by the Rev. St. Elmo Nauman of Franklin Congregational Christian 
Church.  Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were Irving Jenkins, Charles Edward Carr, ? R. Butler, Jr., 
Eugene Pierce, Richard Lee Wilkins, J.F. Duke Jr., Dr. C.C. Crossland, Jr., 
and Hersey Pierce, Jr.


[Richard Sherman BUTLER, 
 Isle of Wight Co. native, d. 21 Jan 1965, Norfolk, age 63, 
 interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Section B, Plot 48B*), Franklin, 
    23 Jan 1965, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 25, 1965] 

[*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
     Poplar Spring list:
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt] 

[Additional information: 
 s/o Richard Algernon BUTLER (1869-1925) & Mary Rebekah "Mamie" PIERCE BUTLER 
    (1875-1948), both bd. at Antioch: 
 http://www.iwchs.com/Documents/Antioch%20Church_Antioch%20Rd_Cemetery.doc 
 h/o Berta Mae COPELAND BUTLER (2m. John F. DUKE, Jr.)] 

[the left side of this obit was cut off by one letter; 
 I think I have it right. (bs)] 

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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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