Excel Butler

EXCEL BUTLER, 73, OF 202 EAST LOGAN STREET, HARRISBURG, IL DIED WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 19, 2008 AT 7:00 PM AT HIS RESIDENCE. MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR CREMATED REMAINS WILL BE HELD MONDAY NOVEMBER 24, 2008 AT 11 AM AT FELTY FUNERAL HOME. VISITATION WILL BE AFTER 10 AM ON MONDAY. REV. OWNLY WILLIAMS WILL OFFICIATE. BURIAL WILL BE AT A LATER DATE IN BOLTON, MS. HE WAS BORN ON AUGUST 31, 1935 IN BOLTON, MS TO THE LATE E.B. & IOLA (THOMAS) BUTLER. HE WAS AN ARMY VETERAN SERVING DURING THE KOREAN ERA. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS COMPANION: NEVERNA JONES OF HARRISBURG, IL; DAUGHTER: GWENDOLYN WADE OF ATLANTA, GA; 4 STEP DAUGHTERS: ANGELA TYLER, CARMEN WILSON, LASONYA WILSON ALL OF HARRISBURG, IL AND TONYA GOODAY OF FT. JACKSON, S.C.; A BROTHER: PAUL BUTLER OF BOLTON, MS; SEVERAL GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A BROTHER: ODIE BUTLER AND A SISTER: EMMA T. HENDERSON.