Marshall Archibald BUTLER Living BARTLEY Mini tree diagram
Rhett BUTLER

Rhett BUTLER1,1,1,1

17th Nov 19711,1 - about 11th Jul 20181,1,1

Life History

17th Nov 1971

Born in St John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana.1,1

about 11th Jul 2018

Died in St John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana.1,1,1

Natural causes

after 17th Jul 2018

Buried in Lakelawn Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.1

Notes

  • "My cousin Rhett Butler, age 1 1/2 in 1974. RIP Rhett. ... My cousin Rhett will be interred with my parents and my oldest grandchild in the Butler grave in that cemetery as well [buried with graveside services].  According to Rhett's cousin Reid A Butler III, he was born 11 November 1971.  His parents were Marshall Archibald Butler, the youngest child of Bernard Benjamin Butler, and Janet Bartley."
    --  Reid Butler III, comments and photo posted on Facebook, 14 July 2018, accessed 17 July 2018

    "[Cousin Rhett's dad was Marshall Archibald Butler the youngest of my dad's siblings, who was the tallest of my dad's family at six foot three.  Rhett was born November 11th 1971. My uncle's wife and Rhett's mother was Janet Bartley.  His closest relatives are his aunt and uncle George Bartley and his sister Joann Wisdom.  I don't know if they'll actually post anything in the obituaries but they have elected to not have any services other than at the gravesite. ... My cousin Rhett will be interred with my parents and my oldest grandchild in the Butler grave in that cemetery as well."
    --  Reid Butler III, Facebook comments in answer to queries by Orville Boyd Jenkins, 17 July 2018

    A Wisdom Family genealogy has some basic info on Janet Bartley and her family, but has Rhett's birth date as 11 November 1972, rather than 1971.  This date in 1972, however, would match the comment Reid Butler reports of his grandmother that the photo of Rhett at age 1 1/2 was in 1974.

    Janet L Bartley
    Birth 21 JUN 1938 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
    Death 14 OCT 1989
    Parents:
    Unknown Father
    Birth of Brother George Fredrick Bartley III Bartley
    22 Apr 1942 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
    Spouse Unknown
    Birth of Daughter Shawn Bartley Barnett
    17 Oct 1956 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
    Birth of Son Rhett Butler
    11 Nov 1972 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
    --  Wisdom Family Tree, https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/51172802/person/13160975197/facts?ftm=1

    "Orville Boyd Jenkins:  'What was cousin Rhett Butler's date of death?'
    "Reid Butler III:  'I haven't received an exact date yet as I'll have to live dangerously and say it was most probably Wednesday July 11, 2018 or a little sooner they didn't discover him dead until Thursday the 12 not sure how they list date as far the cause of death it was listed as "natural causes."'
    --  Reid Butler III, Facebook comments in answer to queries by Orville Boyd Jenkins, 17 July 2018

    "He was my half brother.  Janet was my mother.  George is my uncle."
    --  Shawn Ingram Burke, Facebook Message on the page of Reid Butler III, tagged to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 24 July 2019

    "I provided the plot and your uncle took it from there.  I wanted to get Rhett's pastor to say some type of service at the graveside but your Uncle didn't want that.  I am Rhett's cousin, so I am not the next of kin so ...."
    --  Reid Butler III,  on his Facebook page, tagged to Shawn Ingram Burke, 24 July 2019

Sources

  • 1. Facebook

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