bfh.8.8 - Person Sheet
Spouses
1Evelyn Jeanette SMITH 
1, Spouse of Brother
1, Spouse of BrotherBirth Date24 Dec 1925 Age: 91
FatherGrover Lee SMITH
MotherMary Augusta MAHAFFEY
Marr Date29 Sep 1979
Notes for E.A. BUTLER
Arden – Charles EA Butler, 92, went home to be with the Lord Monday, August 5, 2013 at the Elizabeth House.
A native of Buncombe County, Charles was son of the late Charles Bee and Sadie Gasperson Butler. He was a Navy veteran of WWII and retired from Sayles Bleacheries with many years of service. Charles was a member of Mount Zion Baptist Church where he served as trustee, teacher of the Men's Adult Sunday School and served on the building committee. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Linda Butler Cooke , by three sisters, Viola Moody, Lilly Brown Moody and Louise Taylor and two brothers, Van and Tom Butler.
He is survived by his wife, Evelyn Smith Butler, a son, Robert Dale Butler of Asheville, a step-son, Tony Barnett of Hawaii and two step-daughters, Debbie Case of Mountain Home and Vicky Henderson of Pryor, Montana. Charles is also survived by a sister, Hazel Lance of Skyland and by thirteen grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, August 10, 2013 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church with the Rev. Cecil Robinson and Dale Butler officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 7-8:30pm Friday at Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian.
Memorials may be made to Mt. Zion Baptist Church 270 Overlook Road Asheville, NC 28803 or to Four Seasons Hospice 571 South Allen Road Flat Rock, N.C. 28731.
A native of Buncombe County, Charles was son of the late Charles Bee and Sadie Gasperson Butler. He was a Navy veteran of WWII and retired from Sayles Bleacheries with many years of service. Charles was a member of Mount Zion Baptist Church where he served as trustee, teacher of the Men's Adult Sunday School and served on the building committee. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Linda Butler Cooke , by three sisters, Viola Moody, Lilly Brown Moody and Louise Taylor and two brothers, Van and Tom Butler.
He is survived by his wife, Evelyn Smith Butler, a son, Robert Dale Butler of Asheville, a step-son, Tony Barnett of Hawaii and two step-daughters, Debbie Case of Mountain Home and Vicky Henderson of Pryor, Montana. Charles is also survived by a sister, Hazel Lance of Skyland and by thirteen grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, August 10, 2013 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church with the Rev. Cecil Robinson and Dale Butler officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 7-8:30pm Friday at Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian.
Memorials may be made to Mt. Zion Baptist Church 270 Overlook Road Asheville, NC 28803 or to Four Seasons Hospice 571 South Allen Road Flat Rock, N.C. 28731.