In Loving Memory
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Mr. Butler McClettie
Services 11:00 AM
Monday, September22,2008
Pruitt's Mortuary Chapel
7518 N. Main @ 36th Street Houston, Texas 77022
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Mr. Butler McClettie son of the late Simon and .
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He served in the US Army from 1941 to 1945 where he
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culinary skills. For over 50 years he worked as an executive chef in Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina.
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At an early age he was baptized and after moving to Charlotte, NC, he joined Friendship Baptist Church.
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McClettie, Houston, children, Vicky D. McClettie and Maurice B. McClettie, Houston, TX, Glenn L. McClettie (Ethel), Charlotte, NC, Franklin McClattie (Beulah), N.
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Bertha Davie, St Albans, NY. Grandchildren: Thurston C.
Bailey (Kimberly), Chicago, Daks L. McClettie (Angela),
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Order of Service
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Processional..................... Clergy and Family
Musical Selection Scriptures
Old Testament..........................Appointee
New Testament........................Appointee
Prayer................................................ Appointee Musical Selection Acknowledgement
& Special Tribute......... Thurston C. Bailey
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Solo.................................................... Appointee Eulogy.............................. Rev. Joe Farrington
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Acknowledgements
The family express with gratitude your kind
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ness and love shown during the illness and
passing of our loved one. May God continue
to bless you.
The Family
Interment
Houston National Cemetery
Final Arrangements Entrusted To Troy B. Smith, CFSP, MBIE
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