Raymond Butler

Raymond Butler Saint Petersburg, Fl. 1920-2014 Raymond Butler was born in Booneville, Mississippi October 22, 1920. He was a professional educator, serving most of his career as a department head at schools for the deaf in Texas, North Carolina, and Florida. He graduated from Gallaudet University in 1949, attended the University of Texas graduate school, and received his Masters from California State University. Raymond was a national championship football coach early in his career at the Texas School for the Deaf and was inducted into the American Athletic Association Hall of Fame and the Texas School for the Deaf Hall of Fame. He coached in the World Games for the Deaf in 1957 and 1961, both held in Europe. Raymond was selected by the FCC to serve on the committee to establish national broadcast standards for closed captioning for television programs, and was a tireless advocate for the deaf community, receiving numerous awards and recognitions for his efforts. In college, he was a founding brother of Alpha Sigma Pi fraternity, and during WW II he was a founding member and first president of the Akron Club of the Deaf. For 70 years, he was married to his high school sweetheart, Marguerite Evans Butler, a member of the Boca Ciega Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution. He considered his loving marriage to his beloved wife to be his single greatest accomplishment and blessing. Raymond is the proud father of two sons, Charles and Rodney Butler, two grandchildren, Robert of St. Petersburg, and Laura of St. Augustine, two great grandchildren Kali and Fynn, also of St. Augustine. He is the son of Robert Bush Butler and Osie Lee Pollard Butler. Through his Butler ancestry, Raymond is a descendent of Edward I of England, and both the Earls Ormonde and Barons Dunboyne, the governing families of Ireland for more than 400 years. His is lineage is Type III Irish DNA, directly descending from the O'Brien-Butler line of Kilkenney Ireland, and Cormac Cas progenitor of the Dal Cas Chieftains of Ireland dating from 254 A.D. Raymond is the grandson of three Confederate soldiers and several American Revolutionary War patriots. He is a distant cousin of George Washington and Anne Boelyn through his Butler ancestry. Episcopal services are at 2 PM Wednesday June 4 at the Calvary Catholic Cemetery Mausoleum Chapel with interment to follow in the Mausoleum, Clearwater, Florida. Family requests memorials to: Daughters of the American Revolution www.dar.org $(document).ready(function(){ });