Thomas Claude Butler

Notes:

Name: Thomas Claude Butler
Death Date: 12 May 1960
Death Place: Hemphilll, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: white
Death Age: 65 years 10 months 2 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 10 Jul 1894
Birthplace: Texas, U.S.A.
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Robert C. Butler
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Fannie Andrews
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Farmer
Place of Residence: Precinct 1, Sabine Co., Texas
Cemetery: Gravel Hill
Burial Place: Sabine County, Texas
Burial Date: 14 May 1960
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2116267
Digital Film Number: 4166548
Image Number: 890
Reference Number: 32161
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

In her annotated trascription of the Gravel Hill Cemetery, Kay Parker McCary indicates he had a military marker "Texas Pvt Medical Department WW I", and that he had a double headstone with Mae Butler. FindAGrave notes that he died from a gun shot wound to the head from suicide, and cites his death certificate.


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Census Listings:

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 14 and 16 February 1920
SD 326 ED 168 Sheet 36A
703-726
Butler, Thomas C Head M W 24 M Tx Ga Tn Farmer
Butler, Meonie Wf F W 23 M Tx Tx Tx

1930 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, JP 4
Enumerated 18 Apr 1930
ED 203-7 SD 19 Sheet 5A Stamped 234
99-99
Butler, Thomas C Head M W 34 M Tx Ga Tx Farmer
Butler, Mae O Wf F W 32 M 22 Tx Tx Tx
Butler, Merna E Dtr F W 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Butler, Thomas C Jr Son M W 3 3/12 S Tx Tx Tx

Thomas married Mae Crocker on 27 Oct 1917. Mae (daughter of John Crouch Crocker and Julia Ann Harvey) was born on 24 May 1896 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 Oct 1976 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From FindAGrave:

Myrna Webster, 88, of Beaumont, Texas, died Wednesday, November 9, 2011, at Calder Woods in Beaumont.

She was born in Hemphill, Texas, on March 2, 1923, to Mae Crocker Butler and Thomas Claude Butler.

A resident of the area since 1946, she was a member of First Baptist Church and an executive secretary for Southland Life Insurance Company for twenty years.

Survivors include her husband of sixty-nine years, Charles Webster of Beaumont; grandson, Michael Webster; and great- granddaughter, Samantha Leigh Webster, both of Enola, Pennsylvania.

She is preceded in death by her son, Mickey Webster.

Burial: In the Sun Dial Garden section at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, under the direction of Broussard's, 2000 McFaddin Avenue, Beaumont.

Family/Spouse: Charles Warren "Buddy" Webster. Charles was born on 1 Mar 1923 in Texas; died on 22 Feb 2012 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From FindAGrave:

Bennie Butler Furby, 79, of Port Neches, Texas died Saturday, September 3, 2011, at the Harbor Hospice House in Beaumont.

Born October 12, 1931, in San Augustine County to Maonie Crocker and Thomas Claude Butler, Sr., she was a resident of the Mid-County area since 1953.

Bennie is survived by her son, Ken Furby and his wife, Connie of Port Neches; daughter, Patricia Moore and her husband, Archie of Beaumont; grandchildren, Jody Lynn Swango and her husband, Steven of Nederland; Aaron Gillispie and his wife, Ana of Magnolia, Janna Lane and her husband, Jarred of Nederland, and Carrie Hawkins and her husband, R.J. of Lufkin; great grandchildren, Sophie Swango, Jacie Lane, Jacks Lane and Brody Hawkins; sister, Myrna Webster and her husband, Charles of Beaumont, and sister-in-law, Peggy Butler.

She is prededed in death by her husband, Asher Furby and brother, Thomas Butler.

A committal service will be held 10am Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at Oak Bluff Memorial Park, Port Neches.

Family/Spouse: Asher Barton Furby. Asher was born on 8 Jun 1925 in Jefferson County, Texas; died on 21 May 1988; was buried in Oak Bluff Memorial Park, Port Neches, Jefferson County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]