Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

R.C. BUTLER was born 12 Apr 1919, one of five children of William Elmer BUTLER and Minnie CLARK, in San Augustine County and resided there all of his life. In 1937, he married Eunice WOODS, and for fifty nine years they shared their lives until she preceded him in death. He died 27 October 2004 in San Augustine, and his obituary was in the Thursday, November 4, 2004 issue of the San Augustine Tribune. Survived by wife, Tommie; son Don BUTLER (and wife Kay) of Wells; daughter, Jerri HORN (and husband Chrys) of Whitehouse; son-in-law David HARDY of Baytown; brother JK BUTLER (and wife Francis) of Silsbee; sister Wilma LUDWIG (and husband Ken) of Silsbee; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. Farmer and Rancher, Past Master of Redland Masonic Lodge, deacon of Little Flock Missionary Baptist Church.

(Excerpted by Melinda McLemore Strong)

R married Eunice Mozelle Woods about 1937. Eunice was born on 29 Apr 1921 in Texas; died on 25 Sep 1996 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Little Flock Baptist Church Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Connie Owens, on her annotated transcription of the Little Flock Cemetery in San Augustine County, Texas, shows her as a daughter of Bartle Thomas WOODS Sr and Minnie CARRICO.

Obituary
The Sabine County Reporter
October 2, 1996, Page 11

Eunice Butler

Eunice Woods Butler, 75, of Route 1 San Augustine, died early Wednesday, Sept. 25, at Memorial Medical Center in San Augustine.

Born April 29, 1921, as a daughter of the late Bartie and Minnie Woods, she was a lifelong resident of the San Augustine County area and was a retired sales clerk. Mrs. Butler was a member of the John Gillespie Chapter #257 Order of the Eastern Star, Daughers of the Republic of Texas, and Little Flock Missionary Baptist Church, where she had served as clerk for several years. She was also a former assistant clerk of Central Missionary Baptist Association.

Survivors: husband, R. C. Butler of San Augustine County; two daughters, Marilyn Hardy of Hamptonville, North Carolina, and Jerri Horn of Whitehouse; a son, Don Butler of San Augustine; five sisters, Atrell Sheffield of Beaumont, Gene Whitton of Huntington, Charlice Carter of Buna, and Doris Smith and Billy Nixon, both of Hemphill; four brothers, Bartie T. Woods Jrs. of Huntsville, Alabama, and Elton Woods, Elray Woods, and Mike Woods, all of Lufkin; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Friday at Little Flock Missionary Baptist Church with the pastor, Bro. H. Ralph Wells officiating. Interment followed at Little Flock Cemetery.

Arrangements were handled by Wyman Roberts Funerl Chapel in San Augustine.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, February 2011)

Notes:

Name: William Elmer Butler
Death Date: 30 Aug 1963
Death Place: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: white
Death Age: 71 years 3 months 13 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 17 May 1892
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Robert Butler
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Fannie Andrews
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Farmer
Place of Residence: Bronson, San Augustine, Texas
Cemetery: Littler Flock
Burial Place: San Augustine County, Texas
Burial Date: 31 Aug 1963
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2117294
Digital Film Number: 4028321
Image Number: 1408
Reference Number: 59672
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Research):

Census Listings:

1920 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, JP 4
Enumerated February 6, 1930
SD 326 ED 179 Sheet 2B
225-230
Butler, Elmer Head M W 27 M Tx Ga Ark Farmer
Butler, Minnie Wf F W 25 M Tx Tx Tx
Butler, Elray Son M W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
Butler, R. C. Son M W 10/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Anderson, Grady Nephew M W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Clark, Josephine Mother-in-law F W 70 Wd Tx Miss Miss

1930 Census
Not located

William married Minnie Sophronia Clark on 25 Dec 1913. Minnie (daughter of Elias Clark and Mary Josephine Wallace) was born on 23 May 1894 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 23 Nov 1951 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Little Flock Baptist Church Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Minnie S. Butler
Death Date: 23 Nov 1951
Death Place: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 57 years 6 months
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 23 May 1894
Birthplace: Sabine County, Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Elias Clark
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Name: Mary Wallace
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
Cemetery: Little Flack
Burial Place: San Augustine, Texas
Burial Date: 24 Nov 1951
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2074927
Digital Film Number: 4167284
Image Number: 2523
Reference Number: cn66906
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976