LILLIAN BUTLER

SIKESTON -- Lillian F. Butler, 88, of Sikeston died Friday, July 10, 1998, at Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston.

She was born Dec. 1, 1909, in Jackson, daughter of Jessie and Lula Black Fox.

She married George Earl Lewis on Aug. 29, 1933. He died Dec. 26, 1961. She married Cecil Butler on Sept. 9, 1966. He died in February 1982.

She was a member of Temple Baptist Church. She was housewife and homemaker.

She is survived by three sons, Robert E. Lewis of McAlpin, Fla., Glenn Earl Lewis of St. Clair and Donald Ray Lewis of Kennesaw, Ga.; two daughters, Lula E. Bohnert and Rosemary Shaw, both of Sikeston; a sister, Violet Aldie of Whitehall, Ill; 28 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; and 21 great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, four sons, two brothers, three sisters, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Kelley Grubbs of Murray Lane Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery.