Charles Vann Butler, 1916–1997 (aged 81 years)

Name
Charles Vann /Butler/
Birth
Alias
Charlie Butler
Education
Lambuth College, Jackson, Madison Co. TN
Education
Peabody College
Education
UCLA
Military service
Commander, US Navy
Census
Occupation
Mathematics and physics instructor, principal
Occupation
Math Professor, State Technical Institute, Memphis, Shelby Co. TN
Occupation
Math Teacher, East High School, Memphis, Shelby Co. TN
Occupation
Meterologist
Occupation
Principal of Ripley High School, Ripley, Lauderdale Co. TN
Occupation
Teacher, Gleason, TN
Residence
Death of a paternal grandfather
Burial of a paternal grandfather
Census
Death of a paternal grandmother
Cause: Bronchial Pneumonia
Marriage
Birth of a son
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a son
Death of a father
Burial of a father
Death of a wife
Death of a mother
Residence
Death of a brother
Death of a sister
Death of a brother
Death
Family with parents
father
1886–1947
Birth: June 17, 1886 33 19 — Scotts Hill, Henderson Co. TN
Death: August 7, 1947 — Memphis, Shelby Co. TN
mother
1886–1968
Birth: December 29, 1886 — Flatwoods, Wayne Co. TN (now Perry Co. TN)
Death: 1968
Marriage Marriage — 1906 —
4 years
elder brother
1909–1999
Birth: October 13, 1909 23 22 — Bells, Crockett Co. TN
Death: January 8, 1999 — Memphis, Shelby Co. TN
16 months
elder brother
1911–1990
Birth: February 11, 1911 24 24 — Bells, Crocket Co. TN
Death: October 1990 — Phoenix, Maricopa Co. AZ
2 years
elder sister
1913–1993
Birth: March 19, 1913 26 26 — Bells, Crocket Co. TN
Death: May 20, 1993 — Camden, Benton Co. TN
3 years
himself
1916–1997
Birth: July 18, 1916 30 29 — Bells, Crockett Co. TN
Death: December 4, 1997 — Navarre, Santa Rosa Co. FL
Family with Mary Louise Simpson
himself
1916–1997
Birth: July 18, 1916 30 29 — Bells, Crockett Co. TN
Death: December 4, 1997 — Navarre, Santa Rosa Co. FL
wife
Marriage Marriage — April 1939 —
9 months
son
5 years
daughter
3 years
son
Family with Georgia Pritchard
himself
1916–1997
Birth: July 18, 1916 30 29 — Bells, Crockett Co. TN
Death: December 4, 1997 — Navarre, Santa Rosa Co. FL
partner
Family with Hortense ?
himself
1916–1997
Birth: July 18, 1916 30 29 — Bells, Crockett Co. TN
Death: December 4, 1997 — Navarre, Santa Rosa Co. FL
partner
daughter
Shared note

Memphis Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, December 11, 1997

CHARLES VANN BUTLER, 81, or Navaree, FLA., formerly of Bells, Tenn., and Memphis, educator and retired Navy commander, died of lung disease Dec. 4 at his home. Lewis Funeral Home in Navarre has charge. He was a World War II veteran and attended the former Peabody College in Nashville, the former Lambuth College in Jackson, Scripps Institute and the University of California at Los Angeles. He also was a meterorologist. Mr. Butler, the husband of Georgia Butler, also leaves a daughter, Janella Cummings of Cordova; two sons, C. M. Butler of Atlanta, and W. R. Butler of Memphis; a stepdaughter, Beverly P. Wagoner of Germantown; a stepson, Michael E. Prichard of Mt. Pleasant, SC; a brother, Ross Butler of Memphis; 11 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Charlie was cremated and his ashes scattered in the Gulf of Mexico. He has a marker at Arlington National Cemetery.

Source: Carolyn Parker Jordan.