- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- In Loving Memory of Willie C. Butler, Tuesday, December 27, 1977, Wake - 7-8:00 p.m., Funeral - 8-9:00 p.m., Johnson Funeral Home, 462 West Division Street, Chicago, Illinois 60610
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 1977-12-27
- Subject:
- African American men--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Illinois--Chicago---History--20th century
Funeral service--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century
African Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 41.85003, -87.65005
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Willie C. Butler. Birth date: March 20, 1918. Death date: December 16, 1977. Funeral date: December 27, 1977. Church: Johnson Funeral Home (Chicago, Ill.). The Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection is a project of the Digital Library of Georgia in association with the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History as part of Georgia HomePLACE. The project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_butlerwilliec19771227
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_butlerwilliec19771227
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
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JOHNSON FUNERAL HOME 462 West Division Street Chicago, Illinois 60610
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1977
Wake- 7- 8:00 p.m.
Funeral- 8 - 9:00 p.m.
JOHNSON FUNERAL HOME 462 West Division Street Chicago, Illinois 60610
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MR. WILLIE C. BUTLER 1918- 1977
Mr. Willie C. Butler was born on March 20, 1918 in Greenwood, Mississippi to Dolly and Jerry Butler. He departed this life on December J6, 1977 in San Francisco , California. after a brief illness. Willie was the eighth child born of nine children to Dolly and Jerry Butler.
He was joined in Holy Matrimony to Annie Maniece at the age of eighteen. One son, Eddie. was born to this union.
He confessed Christ and accepted Jesus as his Saviour at the age of fourteen and was baptized at Missionary Baptist Church in Sunflower, Mississippi.
He moved to Memphis, Tennessee in 1942 and subsequently moved to San Francisco, California in 1943 . There he joined Providence Baptist Church.
He leaves to mourn his departure: His loving wife , Annie Lee Butler; his son, Eddie Raheem Abdullah Butler~ three grandsons: Jamal Abdullah Butler, Emmanuel Butler, and Kenn Butler~ one grand-daughter, Phelita Butler; two brothers, Mr. Henry and Arthur Butler; two sisters, Mrs. Pearlie Bennett and Mrs. Ella Jones~ and a host of relatives and friends.
He was a loving husband and father and lived a full and well life. His rules were only two: ''Do unto others as you would have them to do unto you." "Let each man word be his bond."
Suggested Songs: Precious Lord Take My Hand and Through It All.
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PROCESSIONAL SCRIPTURE PRAYER SELECTION .................. Douglas Park Baptist Church REMARKS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, CARDS, & TELEGRAMS RESOLUTIONS SELECTION OBITUARY EULOGY ............................ Rev. Thomas LaNier REVIEWAL BENEDICTION RECESSIONAL
- INTERMENTRESTVALE CEMETERY WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1977