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OBITUARY
JOSEPH E. BUTLER
FUNERAL RITES SCHEDULED FOR JOSEPH E. BUTLER,
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Funeral services for Joseph Elkanah Butler, 69, of 11439
Denton Drive, who had been engaged in police work in Dallas and Dallas County
for 20 years, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Field City Baptist Church,
2302 Joe Field Road. The Rev. Ray Hand will officiate. Burial will be in the
Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Mr. Butler died late Saturday in a Dallas Hospital as the result of injuries
received in an automobile collision Friday in Carrollton.
Mr. Butler was born in Dallas County. He was active in farming and the dairy
business in Dallas County until 1921 when he joined the District No. 1 Roads and
Bridges Division. In 1935, he joined the Dallas County Sheriff's department as a
deputy sheriff in charge of the Northern District.
He served as a sergeant of the Preston Hollow Police Department from 1942 to
1944. Until his retirement in 1957, Mr. Butler had served as deputy constable in
Precinct 1.
Survivors are his wife; three daughters, Mrs. James R. Clark and
Miss Ruby
Butler of Dallas and Mrs. William Few of Crockett, Houston County; two sons,
Otis C. Butler and Willis A. Butler of Dallas, three brothers, Willis Butler of
Dallas, and Bob Butler and Frank Butler of Oklahoma, two sisters,
Miss Angie Butler of Dallas and Mrs. Sallie Hague
of Plaons, Yoakum County, and six grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be J. B. Lesley, Roy Rasberry, B. A. Marcom, Marcus Steele,
Robie Love and Barney Schrimsher.
The Dallas Morning News - July 4, 1960
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams
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OBITUARY BUTLER
James Elkanah (Bud), 11439 Denton Dr. Survived by wife, Mrs. Pearl Butler; sons
Otis C. Butler, Dallas; Willis A Butler, Carrollton, daughters, Mrs. James A.
Clark, Dallas; Miss Ruby Butler, Dallas; Mrs. WIlliam Few, Crockett; brothers,
Bob, Frank, and Willis, sisters, Miss Angie Butler,
Mrs. Sallie Hague. Services Tuesday 2 p.m., Field City Baptist Chruch, Rev. B.
J. Bell and Rev. Ray Hand officiating. Interment Forest Lawn.
RHOTON FUNERAL HOME
Carrollton CH7 4077 The Dallas Morning News - July 4, 1960
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams |
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OBITUARY Victim of
Car-Train Wreck Dies J. E. Butler of 11439 Denton Drive, a
retired Dallas County deputy sheriff, died in Parkland Hospital shortly after 11
p.m. Saturday if injuries he sustained Friday morning when his car was rammed by
a freight train in downtown Carrollton.
He became the county's 20th traffic fatality of 1960.
Witnesses said Butler, 70, was crossing the track in his 1955 sedan when a
Frisco Railroad freight train struck the car, knocking it 60 feet. Apparently
Butler failed to see or hear the train.
There is no warning signal at the intersection.
Funeral arrangements were pending late Saturday. The Dallas Morning News - July
3, 1960
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JOSEPH ELKANAH BUTLER
AUG 4, 1890 - JULY 2, 1960
OUR BELOVED DADDY Forest Lawn Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
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