614. BUTLER – John Garland – August 9, 1926 – October 9,
1987
HUNTSVILLE TIMES
Saturday, October 10, 1987
John G. Butler
NEW HOPE – Longtime Madison County Board of Education
member John G. BUTLER died Friday at his Pine Street home here from an apparent
heart attack.
He was 61. A
native of New Hope, Butler graduated from New Hope High School and attended the
University of Alabama. He served as
vice president of Colonial Bank. He was
also the former manager of the New Hope Branch of Central Bank of the South.
Butler, a Navy veteran, was the current president of the
New Hope Telephone Cooperative and had been a member of that board since it was
formed in the early 1950s. He had
served on the county school board since 1966 as a member, vice president and
president. He was also serving as
District 9 Director of the Alabama School Board Association.
Other involvements include: Elder of the Owens Cross
Roads Church of Christ, member of the New Hope Medical Board and New Hope Lions
Club, Director of North Alabama College of Commerce and served on the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools.
The funeral will be Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Owens Cross
Roads Church of Christ with Stan STEVENSON officiating.
Burial will be in Moon Cemetery with New Hope Funeral
Home in charge. In lieu of flowers, the
family requests donations be made to Madison Academy School.
Survivors include his wife, Jo Ann Tabor BUTLER; two
daughters, Laura Butler CONWELL of New Hope and Henri McDANIEL of Huntsville; a
son, John G. BUTLER Jr. of New Hope; two brothers, Albert H. BUTLER Jr. and
Thomas E. BUTLER Sr., both of New Hope; four sisters, Dorothy Sue BELL and
Laura Jane MANN, both of New Hope, Martha ADAMS of Niceville, Fla., and Lois
CROSS of Columbus, Miss.; and five grandchildren.
Visitation will be today from 1 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 9
p.m. at the funeral home.