In Loving Memory 
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Mr. Butler McClettie 
Services 11:00 AM 
Monday, September22,2008 
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Mr. Butler McClettie son of the late Simon and . 
 
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5I*s Mr. McClettie attended the public schools in Augusta, GA. 
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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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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