Shirley L Butler

Born in Pennsylvania in 1933, Shirley served her country in the United States Air Force during the Korean Conflict from 1951-1956. After her and her late husband J.T. moved to Arlington, VA. Shirley worked for AT&T long lines for 6 years, and co-owned Butler Decorators Inc. in Arlington. Shirley was a Girl Scout Troop Leader and Cub Scout Den Mother. She loved spending her winters at her home in Naples Florida. Shirley had many hobbies and she built her own ceramics business Shirley’s Ceramics, and retired in 1989. Her Ceramic Piggy Bank was featured on the cover of Washingtonian Magazine. Shirley started building a ceramic Christmas village in the late 1970’s at Powhatan Nursing Home in Falls Church, VA. Her Husband and daughter were employed there and it became the Butler Family business in 1995. This village was one of her proudest accomplishments. Shirley was a resident of Powhatan since October of 2014.

She is survived by her sisters Jean Adams of WV, Frances (Jim) Elliott of VA, her sister in law Selvia Lewis of VA, and Mayblane Elkins of AL, her daughter Cynthia Butler (Gary Hall) of VA and son Joel (Toni Dash) Butler of CO, her grandchildren Grace and Gabriel Butler of CO, and Angela, Randy, and Roxy Beach of SC, her nieces and nephews Robert (Roseanne) Adams, Ronald (Ann) Adams, Richard Adams, Earlene (Randall) Edwards, Bryan (Rita) Elkins, Kenneth (Judy) Elkins, Boyd (Donna) Ware, Jennifer “Missy” Elliott, Donald Elliott, Diane Lewis (Mike) Elmore, Katherine Lewis, and Andrea (Pete) Summers and many great nieces and great nephews. She is predeceased by parents Donald Cameron and Dollie Lewis, her brother Donald Richard Lewis and her husband J.T.