THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, July 27, 1996 TAG: 9607270482
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B4 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: FRANKLIN LENGTH: 27 lines
Nettie Frances Russell Butler, 91, died July 26, 1996, in Southampton Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Butler was born in Nansemond County, was reared in Gates County, N.C., and was a long time resident of Franklin. She was the daughter of the late Albert H. and Flora Howell Russell and the widow of Harry C. Butler Sr. Mrs. Butler was a homemaker and a member of the High Street United Methodist Church.
She is survived by two daughters, Frances B. Thomas and her husband, John T. and Mildred B. Mason and her husband, Wallace; a son, Harry C. Butler Jr. and his wife, Kathleen, all of Franklin; two sisters, Alease R. Howell and Lessie R. Rountree and a brother, W.B. Russell, all of Suffolk; eight grandchildren, Joyce B. Blythe, Judy B. Bailey, Phyllis B. Bunch, Charles A. Butler, Harry C. Butler III, W. Bruce Mason, John T. Thomas Jr. and Joan T. Sparks; 16 great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in High Street United Methodist Church by the Rev. James M. Smith. Burial will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today in Wright Funeral Home, and suggest that memorial donations may be made to the High Street United Methodist Church or to a favorite charity.
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