NAME: SMITH BUTLER, AGE 95, A LONGTIME FARRIS RESIDENT.

BORN: FEBRUARY 11, 1906 AT PECK, NEAR TUSHKA, INDIAN TERRITORY TO HOUSTON LONZO AND ELIZABETH (TIDWELL) BUTLER. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2002 ON STATE HIGHWAY 3 IN FARRIS FROM INJURIES RECEIVED IN MOTOR VEHICLE   ACCIDENT. AGE: 95 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 16 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT BUTLER, WHICH WAS NAMED AFTER HIS FAMILY. MARRIED: OLLIE SUE MARTIN IN 1931 AT ATOKA, OK. NOLA CHAFFIN. THELMA LAYNE. OCCUPATION: RANCHER AND LONGTIME MERCHANT. HE OWNED AND OPERATED BUTLER GROCERY SINCE 1929, WHICH WAS LOCATED NEAR BOGGY BRIDGE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SMITH WAS A CHARTER MEMBER, DEACON AND TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL AT FARRIS BAPTIST CHURCH SINCE 1947. HE WAS ALSO A FORMER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER AT FARRIS. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: CECIL BUTLER AND WIFE NADENE OF FARRIS, OK. JOHN BUTLER AND WIFE SANDRA OF BROKEN ARROW, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: DEBRA AND ROBERT VAUGHN OF FARRIS, OK. RONALD AND VICKIE BUTLER OF FARRIS, OK. STACY AND MAYGAN BUTLER OF FARRIS, OK. TAMARA BUTLER OF BROKEN ARROW, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: SHAWNA AND DEANA VAUGHN OF FARRIS, OK. RYAN AND SARAH BUTLER OF FARRIS, OK. ROBERT BRICE BUTLER OF FARRIS, OK. SISTER: MABEL CAPPS SMITH AND HUSBAND CECIL OF FARRIS, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIVES: OLLIE SUE, NOLA, AND THELMA. PARENTS: HOUSTON AND ELIZABETH BUTLER. DAUGHTER: SHIRLEY ANN BUTLER AT AGE 2. SISTERS: MYRTLE MCMULLIN, RUBY MCININCH, FLORENCE SHEFFIELD. BROTHERS: CLARENCE, MONGEL, DEWEY, ALONZO BUTLER.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: FARRIS BAPTIST CHURCH ~ FARRIS, OK. INTERMENT: FARRIS CEMETERY ~ FARRIS, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. TERRY BURTON. ASSISTING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON. CASKETBEARERS: CURTIS SHEFFIELD, DOYLE SHEFFIELD, LARRY SHEFFIELD, JACKIE SHEFFIELD, JAMES CAPPS, LEONARD SHEFFIELD. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: HARVEY CAPPS, ALONZO BUTLER, HOUSTON MCININCH, CLYDE SHEFFIELD, RICHARD BUTLER, JACK LONG, WINSTON ARNOLD, GLENN RUSSELL.