Julius Butler Buried Sunday at Farmers Branch
Funeral services for Claud Julius Butler, 10 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Butler, who met a tragic death on the highway in front of his home Saturday, Feb. 13, were held in the farmers Branch Baptist church Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Ramsay, a former pastor, assisted by Rev. Cuel Hudson, present pastor officiated. Interment was in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Rhoton's morticans. Pall bearers were John Harrison, George Rasberry, and Loyd Harwell of Farmers Branch, John Knight of Dallas, and J. E. Johnson and Boots Leslie of Carrollton.
This boy is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Butler; two brothers, Otis and Willis; three sisters, Marie, Ruby, and Joan. His two grandmothers also survive, the are Mrs. L. A. Butler of Farmers Branch and Mrs. F. M. Story of Irving.

The Carrollton Chronicle - Friday, February 19, 1937
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams

Claud Julius Butler met his death Saturday by being struck by an automobile driven by Elmer Thompson, better known as "Chick" Thompson, of this place, who was on his way to Dallas. Chick says in regard to this accident that he "was on his way to Dallas to buy a birthday present for his wife. That he was driving about 45 miles per hour; that he saw the two boys playing beside the highway and moved over some in driving, but that the boy must have rolled out in front of the car because he did not see them again but heard the impact of something on the car. He went about 100 yards down the road, stopped and came back."
The boy and the little wagon in which he had been playing had been hit and hurled or dragged over seventy feet. The boy's skull was fractured and the left arm and leg broken.
The boy was the son of Deputy Sheriff J. E. Butler, who is a night patrolman and he was at home at the time. He immediately arrested Chick and carried him to Dallas and placed him in jail and charges were preferred against him. That evening Chick was released on a $7,500 bond.

The Carrollton Chronicle - Friday, February 19, 1937
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams