1933 - 2008 (74 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Roy Earl Butler was born on 25 Dec 1933 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 20 Jun 2008 in Texas; was buried on 23 Jun 2008 in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
Sabine County Reporter
July 2, 2008
Roy Earl Butler
Roy Earl Butler, 74, died on Friday, June 20, 2008, after an illness.
Butler was born on December 24, 1933 in Hemphill and was a lifelong resident. He spent his working life as a self employed logger and merchant in Hemphill.
He is survived by his wife, Nell Butler of Hemphill; two sons, Roy Earl Butler, Jr. and wife, Kay of Hemphill and Don Butler and wife, Sandra of Hemphill; two daughters, Margaret Marie Greene of Hemphill and Cindy Joyce Bennett and husband, Jim of Bronson; two brothers, Douglas Ray Butler and Raymond Butler, both of Hemphill; also by twelve grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Butler was preceded in death by one son, William (Bill) Butler.
Funeral services were held Monday, June 23 in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Interment followed in the Gravehill Cemetery.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, July 2008)
Roy married Joyce Nell Tatom before 1954. Joyce (daughter of Claude Tom Tatom and Marie Antoinette McGown) was born on 19 Sep 1937 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 3 May 2017 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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