MARKS-GORDON-COLE CEMETERY, (Tarpley to Prospect Rd) GILES COUNTY TENNESSEE

BUTLER, Mary P. (Hayes), 12 Apr 1856 - 9 Feb 1943. (w/o Memucam Hunt Butler)

BUTLER, Mary Hayes - The Pulaski Citizen 10 Feb 1943

Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Ephesus Church of Christ for Mrs. Mary H. Butler, aged 85, one of the county's most beloved citizens, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. T. Johnson, at Conway, at 10:25 o'clock Tuesday morning of a heart attack., following two years failing health. Interment will take place in the family lot in the Marks Cemetery.
A daughter of Willis and Harriett Hayes, she was a native of Giles County, where she spent all of her long and useful life. She was a consistent member of the Church of Christ since girlhood.
Although totally blind for the last twenty-five years, she maintained a cheerful outlook and was an inspiration to many people in her section.
Mr. Butler died in 1923.
Besides Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Butler is survived by another daughter, Mrs. Hackney King of Pulaski, and two sons, W. C. Butler of Pulaski, and Mahlon Butler of Conway; and eight grandchildren.

Obit shared by MB McClain Richardson, 24 Jun 2015