Virginia Joyce Smith Butler
Virginia Joyce Smith Butler, age 71, of Clarksville, passed away Friday, February
15 in Regency Nursing Center.
Services will be graveside at New Shamrock Cemetery on Monday, February 18, 2008,
at 2:00 p.m. with the Rev. Steve Champ officiating. The family will receive friends
Sunday night from 7-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Arrangements are under the direction
of Clarksville Funeral Home.
She was born March 24, 1936, in Red River Co. to Shelby Lee and Oppie Gladys Brady Smith. She was a member of the College Avenue Baptist Church. Mrs. Butler was preceded in death by her husband Curtis Butler; a brother Virgil (Buddy) Smith; a nephew Johnny Stringer; and a granddaughter, Sara Butler.
Survivors include a son, Charles Butler and wife Faunda of Kamiah, ID; a daughter, Lee Ann Butler of Paris; grandchildren Cody St. Clair, John Butler, and Caleb Butler; sister Gail Laverne Watson of Bagwell; nephew Roy Stringer and wife Deana; 3 great-nephews, Joshua Davison, Jacob Davison, and Colt Stringer.
