Robert Wesley Butler Memorial Service

A memorial service for Robert Wesley Butler will be held on October 13, 2012.

Mr. Butler of Louisville, Ky. passed away at the VA Medical Center in Louisville on December 10, 2006 at the age of 62, of an extended illness. He was buried in Louisville Cemetery, under the direction of G.C. William Funeral Home.

He was born and raised in Alachua, Fla. He attended Alachua County Training School (ACT), A.L. Mebane High School and several colleges before being drafted into the U.S. Army. He attended Officer Training School and became a Captain in the Army.

Robert was preceded in death by his wife, Carmen; parents, Roosevelt Butler and Irma Butler Ruise; sister Velma McNight and uncles and aunts.

Captain Butler is survived by a daughter, Andrea Huey of Louisville; three brothers, Roosevelt (Laura) Butler of High Springs, Fla., Walter (Ann) Butler of Flushing, Mich., Alvin (Reese) Butler of Tampa; two sisters, Carol (Moses) Haile of Gainesville, Virginia Green of Alachua; two grandchildren, Ashley Belcher and Nathan Huey of Louisville, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and sorrowing friends.

The memorial service will be held on October 13, 2012 at the New St. Mary Missionary Baptist Church, Alachua at 11 a.m., Rev. Daniel H. McNish, Pastor; Rev. J.D. Johnson officiating. Everyone who knew Mr. Butler or the family is asked to come and celebrate his life. The family is reaching out to his friends and classmates from the graduating class of 1962.