James Butler
Posted: April 17, 2019
VERNON, Ala. — James Earl Butler, 82, died April 15, 2019, at his residence. Services are at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Chandler Funeral Home Chapel with Joe Beckon officiating. Burial will follow at Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation was from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Chandler Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Butler was born July 21, 1936, in Vernon, Alabama, to the late Obie Butler and Sammie Lee Woods Butler. He was formerly owner and operator of Butler’s Body Shop and employed with Glasgow Trucking Company. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Martha Butler; and sisters, Infant Joyce Butler, Reba Butler Morrison and Eulene Butler Bobo. He is survived by his daughters, Brenda Butler DuBose and Janice Butler Birmingham, both of Vernon; brothers, Richard Butler and Dalton Butler, both of Chattanooga, Tennessee; sisters, Nellie Butler Morrison and Mellie Butler Morrison, both of Fayette; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.