Elizabeth Butler

Elizabeth Sapp Butler
BIRTH
15 Jan 1831
DEATH
13 Nov 1920 (aged 89)
Cairo, Grady County, Georgia, USA
BURIAL
Oakview Cemetery
Camilla, Mitchell County, Georgia, USA
MEMORIAL ID
34606647 · View Source
MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 2
FLOWERS 3
The Cairo Messenger, November 26, 1920
Beloved Woman Is Claimed By Death

Mrs. Elizabeth S. Butler, aged and well beloved citizen of Camilla and Mitchell
county, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. K. P. Wight, in Cairo on
Saturday at the noon hour after a short illness from pneumonia. She had been
in feeble health for several years and owing to her extreme age was guarded as
a tender plant by children that her frail strength might be preserved. When
she was taken about the middle of last week with pneumonia, all her children
were summoned to the bedside and were with her when the end came.

A short funeral service was held at the Wight home in Cairo on Sunday morning
at 8:30 o'clock, after which the funeral party left for Camilla by automobile,
reaching here at eleven o'clock. Funeral services were held at the grave in
Oakview cemetery where a large number of friends and loved ones braved the
bitter cold to pay respect to the deceased. Rev. W. P. Blevins, pastor of the
Camilla Methodist church, was in charge of the services. The choir sang "Face
to Face" after which Rev. J. B. Wight of Cairo led in prayer. "Asleep In
Jesus" was then sung and Rev. W. C. Jones of Cairo, a former pastor of the
Camilla Methodist church, gave a talk rendering touching and beautiful tributes
to the long and saintly life of the deceased. Afterward the choir sang
softly "Shall We Gather At The River", as the casket was lowered in the grave
the impressive words of the burial service were ready by Rev. W. P. Blevins,
Rev. Wight and Rev. Jones. The services continued with a short prayer by Rev.
Jones. The pall bearers, the son, sons-in-law and cousins of the departed,
were Messrs. K. P. Wight, of Cairo; T. R. Bennett of Atlanta, W. A. Bennett, J.
F. Butler and Dr. F. L. Lewis of Camilla. Mutely touching were the lovely and
gorgeous floral offerings, which were almost entirely composed of
chrysanthemums in mauve, purple, gold and white.

Among those who came up from Cairo with the family to attend the funeral were
Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Wight, Mrs. Poulk, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Peacock, Rev. and Mrs.
W. C. Jones and Mrs. Will Wight.

Mrs. Butler was the oldest woman and probably the oldest person in Camilla.
She was in her 90th year and in January would have passed her 90th birthday.
Length of years was not the only remarkable feature of her life, for the life
of the deceased had been one of Christian influence, the beginning of her
experience as a Christian dating back to her childhood. She moved to Camilla
with her husband, the late James F. Butler, from Decatur county about 35 years
ago, and this noble couple, together with others who have passed on from their
earthly labors, were responsible for the building and making of Camilla and its
standards of old fashioned piety. The Methodist Church of Camilla owes much to
their steadfast loyalty in the days when the congregation was small and
scattered. Lacking only ten years of living a century, Mrs. Butler never
wavered in her Christian faith, but the weight of years and infirmities weighed
heavily on her feeble strength, and as the end drew nigh, she turned her face
lovingly toward her Father's House and peace of another world.

Mrs. Butler is survived by three daughters, Mrs. E. P. Wight of Cairo; Mrs. T.
R. Bennett of this city and one son, Mr. J. B. Butler of Whigham, together with
a number of grand children and one great grandchild, the little son of Mr. and
Mrs. Mozelle, of Whigham.

The entire community mourns with the family in the death of this good woman and
extends to them a sincere sympathy. — The Camilla Enterprise

Family Members
Spouse

James L Butler
1831–1886

Children

Alfred Ivison Butler
1860–1878

Hardie P Butler
1867–1916

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