OBITUARY Mrs. Dena Butts Mrs. Dena Butts, 88, of 4016 Davila, a 23-year resident of Dallas who retired in 1958 after 23 years as postmistress of Farmers Branch, died Friday in Dallas. A native of ubligna, Ga., she was a member of Webbs Chapel United Methodist Church. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Rhoton-Weiland-Merritt Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Farmers Branch Cemetery. She is survived by one son, three daughters, two sisters, two brothers, seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. The Dallas Morning News - December 1, 1973, Section E, Page 4 [Note from transcriber: Could the town in Georgia actually be Subligna in Chattooga County, Georgia??] Submitted by Jan Jones

BUTTS Mrs. Dena, 4016 Davilla. Survived by son, J. M. Butts, Plano; daughters, Mrs. Mildred Gravely, Dallas, Mrs. Nancy Atizer, Charlotte, N.C. Mrs. Margie Sulivan, Dallas; sisters, Mrs. C. H. Jackson, Dallas, Mrs. Dorothy Brown, Amarillo; brothers, J. Paul Smith, Fort Worth, C. Binlley Smith, Fort Worth; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren. Services 2 p.m. Sunday Rhoton-Weiland-Merritt Chapel. Rev. Tom Shipp officiating. Interment Farmers Branch Cemetery. Visitation I-135 at Crosby Rd. Carrollton 242-5261 hours: 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. Saturday. RHOTON-WEILAND-MERRITT I-35 at Crosby Rd. Carrollton 242-5261 December 2, 1973, Section A, Page 46 [Note: To the best of my ability, this is transcribed as written, including typographical or grammatical errors.] [Note from transcriber: Info found on the Kimball Art Museum (in Fort Worth, Tx) website concerning C. Binkley Smith: http://www.kimbellart.org/building/Architecture.cfm?id=2 Those most closely involved with the planning of the new museum were the executors of the Kimbell estate: Velma Kimbell; Kay Kimbell's brother-in-law, Dr. Coleman Carter; Dr. Carter's daughter and the Kimbells' niece, Kay Carter Fortson; Kimbell's business associates A. L. Scott and C. Binkley Smith; and Ben L. Bird, attorney for the Kimbell estate and secretary to the executors. ] Submitted by Jan Jones

 

DENA S. BUTTS 1885 - 1973 Keenan Cemetery, Farmers Branch, Dallas County, Texas

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• Daughter of G. B. R. Smith & Nancy (Marsh) Smith
• Death Certificate
• Her daughter, Margie (Butts) Culpepper, also served as Farmers Branch Postmaster