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Donald Butler

Donald Glenn Butler, 51, of Pine Bluff, died Sunday, June 9, at Jefferson Regional Medical Center, as the result of injuries received in an automobile/pedestrian accident, Saturday night.

He was born November 19, 1950, at Walnut Ridge, a son of the late Leland Glenn Butler and Dona Mae Henson Butler.

He grew up in Muskegon, Michigan, and graduated from high school in Paragould. He graduated from Southern Baptist College (now Williams Baptist College) in Walnut Ridge with an Associate's Degree. He also attended Arkansas Tech University in Russellville and was a graduate of Columbia School of Broadcasting.

He was in full-time church work for 25 years, and served churches in Hot Springs, Prescott, East Camden, Stuttgart, and Waldron. He had formerly served as music minister for Green Meadows Baptist Church, Shannon Road Baptist Church, Sulphur Springs Baptist Church, and Centennial Baptist Church, all in Pine Bluff. At the time of his death he was minister of music at Greenlee Baptist Church. He had been employed as a sales clerk for Sears at the Pines Mall for the past six years.

He was preceded in death by an infant son in 1984.

Survivors include: his wife, Dianne Takersley Butler, to whom he was married on February 18, 1978 at Pine Bluff; two daughters, Cynthia Butler and Anita Butler, both of Pine Bluff; two brothers, James David "Lou" Butler of Little Rock and Lee Butler of Mammoth Spring; and one sister, Beth Allender of Perth, Australia.

Funeral services were Wednesday, June 12, 2002, at 10:30 a.m. at Greenlee Baptist Church with Rev. Adam Hughes and Rev. Bobby Hartsfield officiating.

Burial was in Graceland Cemetery by Charles E. Fuller Funeral and Memorial Services.