Beth Butler Martin Parrott

Minnie Beth Butler, or Beth, was born on January 15, 1935 in Sturgis, Mississippi, fifth of the six children of Reverend Simon Dero Butler and Emily Elizabeth Good. Beth attended school in Sturgis, and later attended Blue Mountain College where she studied Literature and Religion. After college, Beth married Tommy Ray Martin of Yazoo City, Mississippi, youngest of the eight children of Charles Curtis Martin and Mary Etta Williford. Tommy and Beth moved to Fairhope, Alabama, where they were active in the First Baptist Church. They had a son, Mark Ray (October 1966) and a daughter, Melanye Kaye (March 1969); however, Tommy had been killed as a pedestrian in a car accident in July 1968. Beth then lived in Mobile, and later married Thomas Wellington Parrott of Selma, Alabama. Beth later worked in the mortgage lending business and lived in Gulf Shores and Foley, Alabama, later moving to Columbia, South Carolina. After living in Greenville, South Carolina and Wilmington, North Carolina, Beth returned to Columbia and retired in Lexington, South Carolina. Beth was considered the most sweet, gracious, forthright, genuine, and Christian woman by all who knew and loved her.

Beth was preceded in death by her daughter, Melanye Kaye Coursey, seven weeks prior on February 18, 2023. Beth was also preceded in death by her first husband, Tommy Ray Martin (1968) and her second husband, Thomas Wellington Parrott (1996), as well as both parents and four of her siblings. Beth is survived by her son, Mark Ray Martin Parrott of Charleston, South Carolina, and her younger brother, John Wilson Butler and his family of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Beth is additionally survived by the extended Butler, Good, Martin, Williford, and Parrott families.

Gifts of flowers can be sent to Lexington Baptist Church, and donations can be made to the Missions Ministry of Lexington Baptist Church at 308 East Main Street, Lexington, South Carolina 29072.

A visitation for Beth will be held on Saturday, April 15, 2023 from 10:00 AM to 10:45 AM, followed by the funeral service at 11:00 AM in the Lexington Baptist Church Chapel, 308 E. Main Street, Lexington, South Carolina 29072. Following the service, burial will take place at 12:30 PM at Woodridge Memorial Park, 138 Corley Mill Road, Lexington, South Carolina 29072.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.caughmanlexington.com for the Parrott family.