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Submitted: 5/18/21 • Approved: 5/19/21 • Last Updated: 5/22/21 • R419699-G0-S3
US Army
Korea
February 14, 1926 - September 24, 1979
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Funeral services for Albert E. Butcher, 53, of 204 Meredith, Phillips, will be 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in the First Baptist Church of Phillips. Officiating will be the Rev. Jim Koonce, pastor, and the Rev. Shad Rue, pastor of Paramount Baptist Church in Amarillo.
Graveside rites will be conducted in Highland Memorial Park Cemetery by Isom Masonic Lodge 1242. Burial is under the direction of Ed Brown & Sons Funeral Directors.
A native of Manitou, Okla., Mr. Butcher had been a Phillips resident for 27 years. He was employed by Phillips Petroleum Co. as a stillman and was a veteran of the Korean War.
He had been a member of the First Baptist Church in Phillips, the Isom Lodge No. 1242, the Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 811 and the Boat and Ski Club.
Survivors include his wife, Louise of the home; one son, Lynn, also of the home; one daughter, Mrs. Laurie Jean Goforth of Amarillo; a granddaughter, Susan Michelle Goforth of Phillips; one brother, James Butcher of Kansas; eight sisters, Mrs. Anita Russell of Blackwell, Okla., Mrs. Cronnin Schriever and Mrs. Dossie Fisher, both of Frederick, Okla., Mrs. Larue Church of Emporia, Kan., Mrs. Billie Courtney of Amarillo, Mrs. Pat Robertson of Dallas, Mrs. Marita Coriner of Snyder, Okla., and Mrs. Bobbie Ann Wood of Muskogee, Okla.
Pallbearers will be Coy Burke, Bud Faylor, Barney Boyd, Bert Castleman, Ken Lanham and B.F. Nixon.
Masons participating in the graveside rites are requested to meet at the Masonic Lodge at 1 p.m., Wednesday.
(Published in Borger News Herald, September 25, 1979)
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Albert Elvin Butcher
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 18
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 14 Feb 1926
Birth Place: Manitou, Oklahoma, USA
Residence Place: Manitou, Tillman, Oklahoma, USA
Registration Date: 15 Feb 1944
Registration Place: Manitou, Tillman, Oklahoma, USA
Employer: Student
Weight: 127
Complexion: Ruddy
Eye Color: Gray
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 6
Next of Kin: H C Butcher
Household Members:
Name Relationship
Albert Elvin Butcher Self (Head)
Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014
Name: Albert Elvin Butcher
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 26
Birth Date: abt 1926
Marriage Registration Place: Fairfax, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 3 Jul 1952
Marriage Place: Fairfax Arlington, Virginia, USA
Father: Harry Dale Butcher
Mother: Maud Elsie Montgomery
Spouse: Ola Louise Brunson
Certificate Number: 1952019733
Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Albert Butcher
Death Date: 24 Sep 1979
Death County: Potter
Gender: Male
Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Albert Elvin Butcher
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 53
Birth Date: 14 Feb 1926
Birth Place: Oklahoma
Residence: Phillips, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 24 Sep 1979
Death Place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
Father:
Harry Butcher
Mother:
Maude Montgomery
Certificate Number: 71364
Contributed on 5/18/21
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