_James Russell BUTLER _+
                                                                        | (1869 - 1943) m 1890  
                                               _Lafayette Clark BUTLER _|_Sarah Jane SMITH _____
                                              | (1892 - 1961)             (1871 - 1943)         
                         _Loyce Elton BUTLER _|
                        | (1915 - 1981) m 1938|
                        |                     |                          _Felix SHELTON ________
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                        |                     |_Edna Lee SHELTON _______|_Addie Viola GRAY _____
                        |                       (1896 - 1993)                                   
 _Ralph Merrell BUTLER _|
| (1939 - ....) m 1961  |
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|                       |_Ada Louise BURGESS _|
|                         (1920 - 1987) m 1938|
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|--Dennis Wayne BUTLER 
|  (1967 - ....)
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|                        _Walter WHITTEN _____|
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|_Eliza Ann WHITTEN ____|
  (1943 - ....) m 1961  |
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                        |_Rosie Pearl RICH ___|
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