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• He always went by Junior.  In his business, he used the initials O B.
  --  Edith McSwain Jenkins
  
  1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 24 April, Prairie Township, Ethel and Chute Rd, District 25, p 8A, Hse #140, Fam #141
  Butler, Oregon B Head Owns M W 38 First married at age 25 AR AR AR [born Feb 1892]
  Butler, Elsie Wife F W 33  First married at age 20 AR US US
  Butler, Oregon B Jr  Son M W 4yrs2mos  AR AR AR [born Feb 1925]
  
  1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 13 April, Ethel, District 1-26, page 7A, Oak Flat Rd, Hse #104, Owns $1000
  Butler, Orgon Head M W 48 Grade 7 b Ark same house in 1935 Farmer
  Butler, Elsie Wife F W 43 Grade 10 b Ark same house in 1935
  Butler, Orgon Ben Son M W 14 Single Grade 7 b Ark same house in 1935
  
  U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
  Oregon B Butler
  Birth Date 7 Jan 1926
  Hc 86, Ethel, AR, 72048
  
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  Oregon Benjamin "O.B." Butler, Jr.
  BORN January 7, 1926
  DIED November 23, 2015
  LOCATION Ethel, Arkansas
  
  Oregon Benjamin "O.B." Butler, Jr., age 89, of Ethel died November 23. 2015. He was born January 7, 1926 in Ethel to Oregon Benjamin Butler, Sr. and Elsie Kline Butler who preceded him in death. Also preceding him were an infant daughter, Anita Karen Butler, son-in-law, Stephen E. Dumond, great granddaughter, Lacy Elise Morgan, two sisters, Bernice Chavez, Polly Tinsley and a brother, James K. "Jimmy" Butler.
  
  He and his wife owned and operated O.B.'s Catfish Farm and Bait Shop in Ethel and he was a farmer. He was also a veteran of World War II.
  
  Survivors include his wife, Lavelle Dempsey Butler, daughter, Lucille Dumond of Ethel, brothers, George Butler and wife, Dorothy of Conway, Robert "Bobby" Butler of Hot Springs Village, sister, Ruth Johnson of Benton, granddaughter, Anita Morgan and husband, Kevin of Ethel, and great grandchildren, Lilly Wilmoth, Emma Morgan, Kaitlyn Morgan and Bailey Morgan.
  
  Funeral services will be Wednesday, November 25th at Belleview Missionary Baptist Church in Ethel with burial at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery by Essex Funeral Home, DeWitt. Visitation will be from 1:00 to 2:00 before the service at the church.
  
  Memorials may be made to Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, % Jo Alla Nutt, 121 W. 14th St., DeWitt, AR 72042.
  --  Essex Funeral Home, http://essex.funeralplan2.com/current-obituaries.aspx?turl=http://hosting-479.tributes.com/obituary/show/oregon-benjamin-o.b.-butler-103034243
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  This obit was repoeated in teh memorail created for Junior n Find a Grave.
  
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  Oregon Benjamin "O.B." Butler, Jr
  Birth Jan 7, 1926
  Death Nov 23, 2015
  
  Daughter Anita Karan Butler (1963 - 1963)
  
  Oregon Benjamin "O.B." Butler, Jr., age 89, of Ethel died November 23. 2015. He was born January 7, 1926 in Ethel to Oregon Benjamin Butler, Sr. and Elsie Kline Butler who preceded him in death. Also preceding him were an infant daughter, Anita Karen Butler, son-in-law, Stephen E. Dumond, great granddaughter, Lacy Elise Morgan, two sisters, Bernice Chavez, Polly Tinsley and a brother, James K. "Jimmy" Butler.
  
  He and his wife owned and operated O.B.'s Catfish Farm and Bait Shop in Ethel and he was a farmer. He was also a veteran of World War II.
  
  Survivors include his wife, Lavelle Dempsey Butler, daughter, Lucille Dumond of Ethel, brothers, George Butler and wife, Dorothy of Conway, Robert "Bobby" Butler of Hot Springs Village, sister, Ruth Johnson of Benton, granddaughter, Anita Morgan and husband, Kevin of Ethel, and great grandchildren, Lilly Wilmoth, Emma Morgan, Kaitlyn Morgan and Bailey Morgan.
  
  Funeral services will be Wednesday, November 25th at Belleview Missionary Baptist Church in Ethel with burial at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery by Essex Funeral Home, DeWitt. Visitation will be from 1:00 to 2:00 before the service at the church.
  
  Burial Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Arkansas County, Arkansas, USA
  
  Created by Vickey Feb 22, 2016
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #158458329, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=158458329&ref=acom
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Sources

• 1. 1940 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  • 13 April, Ethel, District 1-26, page 7A, Oak Flat Rd, Hse #104, Owns $1000
• 2. 1930 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
  • 24 April, Prairie Township, Ethel and Chute Rd, District 25, p 8A, Hse #140, Fam #141
• 3. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 4. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
• 5. Edith Marie McSwain Jenkins, Personal Knowledge
• 6. Gravestone of Anita Karan Butler, Mt Pleasant Cemetery, Ethel, Arkansas
• 7. Gravestones of Mt Pleasant Cemetery