NAME: JAMES DELBERT BUTLER, AGE 88, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: APRIL 6, 1918 AT ATOKA, OK TO JAMES MINOR AND DELLA MAE (PEELER) BUTLER.

PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2006 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN ATOKA , OK.

AGE: 88 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND . 5 DAYS.

EDUCATION: JAMES ATTENDED SCHOOL AT FARRIS AND TUSHKA..

MARRIED: L. MARIE ROBBINS ON JUNE 10, 1939 AT ATOKA, OK.

KATHRINE NORA (EUBANKS) ZINN IN AUGUST, 1990 AT ATOKA, OK.

OCCUPATION: JAMES WAS A TRUCK DRIVER AND HE HAULED DAIRY PRODUCTS.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: JAMES ACCEPTED JESUS ON EASTER SUNDAY, 1977 AT FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN TULARE, CA. HE SERVED IN SEVERAL OFFICE POSITIONS, INCLUDING THE OFFICE OF DEACON.

JAMES PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY IN JAPAN AND HAWAII DURING WORLD WAR II.

HE HAD A GIVING HEART AND ENJOYED HELPING OUT HIS NEIGHBORS IN MANY WAYS, INCLUDING MOWING LAWNS.

JAMES LOVED HIS FAMILY AND ENJOYED BEING A DAD, STEP DAD, GRANDFATHER, GREAT GRANDFATHER, AND GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER. HE WAS BLESSED WITH JERRY ZINN WHO CARED FOR HIM THE PAST 3 YEARS, HE AND JERRY HAD A WONDERFUL FATHER-SON RELATIONSHIP WHICH WAS A COMFORT TO HIM AFTER NORA'S DEATH.

HE HAD A TOUGH CHILDHOOD, LOSING BOTH HIS PARENTS AT A YOUNG AGE. HE AND HIS SIBLINGS WERE RAISED BY A WONDERFUL GRANDMOTHER AND JAMES LEFT GRADE SCHOOL TO WORK AND HELP SUPPORT THE FAMILY. HE WAS A HARD WORKER WHO WAS SELF-TAUGHT AND DEFINITELY LEFT HIS MARK IN THIS WORLD.

SURVIVED BY

DAUGHTER: PHYLLIS CAMPBELL AND HUSBAND RICHARD OF CALDWELL, ID.

SON: JIMMY BUTLER AND WIFE OF CALIFORNIA.

STEPSONS: JERRY ZINN AND WIFE MISTY OF ATOKA, OK.

BOBBY ZINN AND WIFE JOYCE OF PUEBLO, CO.

JOHNNY ZINN AND WIFE LINDA OF ROSWELL, NM.

ELMER ZINN AND WIFE KEVINEY OF JENNINGS, LA.

STEPDAUGHTER: WILLIE LALLEY AND HUSBAND RON OF LARGO, FL.

BROTHER: EDISON BUTLER AND WIFE OF CALIFORNIA.

MILLARD BUTLER AND WIFE OF CALIFORNIA.

SISTER: SYBIL PASCOE OF ATOKA, OK.

56 GRANDCHILDREN, 78 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND 52 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: JAMES AND DELLA MAE BUTLER.

WIVES: L. MARIE ON AUGUST 9, 1989.

NORA BUTLER ON DECEMBER 19, 2004.

BROTHERS: CLAUDE, louie, and clyde butler.

FUNERAL SERVICE: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2006 AT 2:00 P.M.

PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: BOB GRAHAM.

CASKETBEARER: BOB GRAHAM, JERRY ZINN, JAMES DIGHTON, ORVILLE DIGHTON, TOMMY CAMPBELL, WILLIAM ZINN.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: MILLARD BUTLER, CHARLES BUTLER, RICHARD CAMPBELL, JIMMY BUTLER, MARILYN BUTLER.

family night: thursday 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.