Arl E. (Arlee) Butler, 19152007 (aged 91 years)

Name
Arl E. (Arlee) /Butler/
Family with parents
father
mother
Marriage MarriageDecember 27, 1898
22 months
elder sister
18 months
elder sister
13 months
elder sister
1903
Birth: May 7, 1903 33 27 Quinlan, Hunt County, Tx
4 years
elder brother
19071980
Birth: July 7, 1907 37 31 Quinlan, Hunt County, Tx
Death: April 5, 1980
4 years
elder brother
19111959
Birth: April 13, 1911 41 35 Quinlan, Hunt Co. TX
Death: April 11, 1959S. San Francisco, San Mataeo Co. CA
2 years
elder brother
2 years
himself
19152007
Birth: August 16, 1915 45 40 Stringtown, Quinlan, Hunt Co. TX
Death: January 31, 2007Terrell, Kaufman Co. TX
Family with Nancy Christine Robinson
himself
19152007
Birth: August 16, 1915 45 40 Stringtown, Quinlan, Hunt Co. TX
Death: January 31, 2007Terrell, Kaufman Co. TX
wife
Marriage MarriageNovember 28, 1935Hugo, Choctaw Co. OK
23 months
daughter
2 years
son
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The Herald Banner, Greenville, TX, February 3, 2007

QUINLAN - Arlee Butler, 91, resident of Quinlan, died Jan. 31, 2007, at Windsor Care Nursing Center in Terrell. His funeral service is at 2 p.m. today at the Quinlan United Methodist Church with Brother David Hammond and Pastor Wally Williams officiating. His burial will follow in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Quinlan. Quinlan Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Arlee was born Aug. 16, 1915, in Quinlan, the son of Thomas Jasper and Lou Bradley Butler.

Mr. Butler was very community minded and served the Quinlan area for many years. His accomplishments included serving on the Quinlan School Board for more than 30 years, serving on the board of Quinlan State Bank as a charter member and president of the bank, in the banking profession for more than 30 years, and an active member of the Quinlan Lions Club.

During the 1930s and 1940s, A.E. Butler Intermediate School in Quinlan was named in his honor. Arlee worked on the Oakland Bay Bridge and on building Liberty Ships during World War II. Mr. Butler was a lifelong rancher in Quinlan. He was of the Methodist faith.

Mr. Butler is survived by his daughter, Nancy Arleen Young of Quinlan; a daughter-in-law, Peggy Jo Butler of Quinlan; five grandchildren, Phil Young of Greenville and Tami Crawford, Kathy Brown, A. E. Butler and Wendell Butler, all of Quinlan; one sister, Nellie Ruth Deweese of Clearlake, Calif.; nine great-grandchildren; and three great-great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife; his parents; a son, Wendell Ralph Butler three brothers and two sisters.

His pallbearers are Michael Crawford Sr., Michael Crawford Jr., James Siebenhausen, Drew Patterson, Bryan Butler, and Monte Weaver. Honorary pallbearers are E. Gauntt, Penny Young, Doyle Crawford, Glenn Little, Tarrence Lewis, and Arney Allen.

Compiled by Howard Butler, transcribed by Ginny Pitts, sources: Madine Butler Evans; Christine Robinson Butler.