Funeral services will be 1:00 pm Friday, December 15, 2017 at Sims Chapel Church for Gary Butler, age 71, of Ball Play, who passed away Tuesday, December 12, 2017. Rev. Tommy Hutt will officiate. Burial will be at Jones Chapel Cemetery. Collier-Butler Funeral and Cremation Services is directing.
Mr. Butler was a lifelong resident of Ball Play. He was married to the love of his life, Donna, for 47 years. Mr. Butler was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and brother.
He was preceded in death by his son, Shannon Gary Butler; father, Chester Butler; mother, Myrtle Butler; and brother, Steve Butler.
Mr. Butler is survived by his wife, Donna Self Butler; son Anthony (April) Butler; daughters, Kari Hutt and Kathy (Michael) Dickinson; grandchildren, Celeste, Nick, Emilee, Michael (Jessie) Dickinson, Morgan, Montana, Hunter, Hope, Maddison, Shayna, Lyndsey, and Jacob; great-grandchildren, Ray, Layton, Layla, and Lakota; sister, Delores (Kenneth) Patterson; several nieces, nephews and cousins; and chosen son, Tony Hutt.
Pallbearers will be grandsons, Hunter, Montana, Michael, Nick, Jacob: and Steven Butler, Adam King, and Brandon Buttram.
Honorary pallbearers are great-grandson Ray Dodson and Phillip Self.
Special thanks to Kindred Hospice and Ball Play #1 Fire Department.
The family will receive friends Thursday, December 15, 2017 from 5:00-7:00pm at Collier-Butler Funeral Home. He will also lie-in-state one hour prior to the service at Sims Chapel Church.
Online condolences may be made at www.collier-butler.com.
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