Mr. Howard Hubbard Butler, 87

CLINTON Mr. Howard Hubbard Butler, 87, of 6432 Five Bridge Road, Clinton, died Saturday, November 9, 2013, at Autumn Wind Assisted Living in Roseboro. The funeral will be at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, November 12, 2013, at Sharon Pentecostal Holiness Church with Rev. Michael Oliver and Rev. Charles Ray Jernigan officiating. Burial will follow in the Butler Family Cemetery. Mr. Butler was born on December 21, 1925, in Sampson County to the late Clarence Allen and Agnes Vann Butler. He was a Seaman First Class in the Navy and a Veteran of WWII. He was a retired farmer. He is survived by: his son, Howard Donovan Butler and wife, Sandra of Clinton; two grandchildren, Garrett Butler and wife, Annie and Leslie Butler; two step grandchildren, Michael Benbow and wife, Michelle and Matthew Benbow; two great grandchildren, Gracie Butler and Elizabeth Kate Butler and two step grandchildren, Seth and Alex Benbow. The family will receive friends at 10:00 A.M. prior to the funeral and at other times at the home of his son, Howard Donovan Butler, 6401 Five Bridge Road, Clinton. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Sharon Pentecostal Holiness Church or a charity of choice. Services entrusted to Butler Funeral Home, 401 W. Roseboro Street, Roseboro.The funeral will at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, November 12, 2013, at Sharon Pentecostal Holiness Church with Rev. Michael Oliver and Rev. Charles Ray Jernigan officiating. Burial will follow in the Butler Family Cemetery. The family will receive friends at 10:00 A.M. prior to the funeral and at other times at the home of his son, Howard Donovan Butler, 6401 Five Bridge Road, Clinton.