W. Morgan Butler, 75, prominent citizen of Alligator, died at his home after an illness of almost four years.
He was born in Ethel, Arkansas and spent a portion of his childhood close to Alligator on the Village Plantation, which was then owned by Mr. J. C. Rainer. He then return to Arkansas, but in 1928, he moved to Alligator and took over management of the large plantation of his brother, R. A. Butler.
He is survived by his wife, by his brother, R. A. Butler, by three sons, Sgt. W. M. Butler, Jr., Now in England, Jack Butler of Stockton, Cal., now on his way home, Alfred Butler, Alligator, and by five daughters, Mrs. J. C. Wilson of Moro, Ark., Mrs. R. L. Miller of Portland, Ore, Miss Thelma Butler of Washington, D. C., Miss Virginia Butler of Alligator, and Mrs. Lucy B. Miller of Clarksdale. He also leaves a number of grandchildren.
Funeral service was at the Methodist Church in Alligator, with the Rev. J.S. Maxey, pastor of the church, and the Rev. H. J. Logan, pastor of the Baptist church of Duncan, officiating. Interment was at Oakridge Cemetery.
He was born in Ethel, Arkansas and spent a portion of his childhood close to Alligator on the Village Plantation, which was then owned by Mr. J. C. Rainer. He then return to Arkansas, but in 1928, he moved to Alligator and took over management of the large plantation of his brother, R. A. Butler.
He is survived by his wife, by his brother, R. A. Butler, by three sons, Sgt. W. M. Butler, Jr., Now in England, Jack Butler of Stockton, Cal., now on his way home, Alfred Butler, Alligator, and by five daughters, Mrs. J. C. Wilson of Moro, Ark., Mrs. R. L. Miller of Portland, Ore, Miss Thelma Butler of Washington, D. C., Miss Virginia Butler of Alligator, and Mrs. Lucy B. Miller of Clarksdale. He also leaves a number of grandchildren.
Funeral service was at the Methodist Church in Alligator, with the Rev. J.S. Maxey, pastor of the church, and the Rev. H. J. Logan, pastor of the Baptist church of Duncan, officiating. Interment was at Oakridge Cemetery.
W. Morgan Butler, 75, prominent citizen of Alligator, died at his home after an illness of almost four years.
He was born in Ethel, Arkansas and spent a portion of his childhood close to Alligator on the Village Plantation, which was then owned by Mr. J. C. Rainer. He then return to Arkansas, but in 1928, he moved to Alligator and took over management of the large plantation of his brother, R. A. Butler.
He is survived by his wife, by his brother, R. A. Butler, by three sons, Sgt. W. M. Butler, Jr., Now in England, Jack Butler of Stockton, Cal., now on his way home, Alfred Butler, Alligator, and by five daughters, Mrs. J. C. Wilson of Moro, Ark., Mrs. R. L. Miller of Portland, Ore, Miss Thelma Butler of Washington, D. C., Miss Virginia Butler of Alligator, and Mrs. Lucy B. Miller of Clarksdale. He also leaves a number of grandchildren.
Funeral service was at the Methodist Church in Alligator, with the Rev. J.S. Maxey, pastor of the church, and the Rev. H. J. Logan, pastor of the Baptist church of Duncan, officiating. Interment was at Oakridge Cemetery.
He was born in Ethel, Arkansas and spent a portion of his childhood close to Alligator on the Village Plantation, which was then owned by Mr. J. C. Rainer. He then return to Arkansas, but in 1928, he moved to Alligator and took over management of the large plantation of his brother, R. A. Butler.
He is survived by his wife, by his brother, R. A. Butler, by three sons, Sgt. W. M. Butler, Jr., Now in England, Jack Butler of Stockton, Cal., now on his way home, Alfred Butler, Alligator, and by five daughters, Mrs. J. C. Wilson of Moro, Ark., Mrs. R. L. Miller of Portland, Ore, Miss Thelma Butler of Washington, D. C., Miss Virginia Butler of Alligator, and Mrs. Lucy B. Miller of Clarksdale. He also leaves a number of grandchildren.
Funeral service was at the Methodist Church in Alligator, with the Rev. J.S. Maxey, pastor of the church, and the Rev. H. J. Logan, pastor of the Baptist church of Duncan, officiating. Interment was at Oakridge Cemetery.
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