Elbert Eldest Butler

Rural Free Delivery ("RFD") service began out of Scotts Hill on Aug. 15, 1904. The very first carriers were John H. Fanning and Elbert E. Butler who, after a few years, resigned and moved to Lexington to become prominent businessmen.

 - The History of Scotts Hill, Tennessee, Gordon H. Turner, Sr.,
       (Carter Printing Company, Southaven, Mississippi, 1977).