John William Butler, Jr. was born to Katherine and J.W. Butler, Sr. on July 7, 1944, in Prichard, Alabama and died in a local hospital on May 9, 2022. He graduated from Vigor High School and continued his education at William Carey University in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where he earned degrees in Music Education and English. In addition, he received a Master’s Degree in Secondary Education from The University of South Alabama and a certificate in Latin Studies from Troy University.
During his forty-year tenure as an educator, he taught Music at Azalea Middle School, Julius T. Wright School, and Davidson High School. He spent the majority of his career teaching English and Latin at Baker Middle and High School and retired from there in 2006. As a church musician, John led music for several local churches. At the time of his death, he was the minister of music for Spring Hill Avenue United Methodist Church where he served for thirty years.
He was preceded in death by his mother, father, and sisters, Virginia Snider and Martha Husley. Survivors include his wife of 50 years, Rebekah Cagle Butler; his daughter, Elizabeth Butler Hogue and her husband Jody Hogue of Dallas, Texas; and sister, Betty Jean Lewis of Wharton, Texas, and other relatives.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, at 11 a.m. in the chapel at Pine Crest Funeral Home on Dauphin Island Parkway. Memorials may be made to Spring Hill Avenue United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 7097, Mobile, Alabama, 36670-0097.
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