Raymond Butler
Saint Petersburg, Fl.
1920-2014
Raymond Butler was born in Booneville, Prentice Co. Mississippi October 22, 1920. He is 3rd cousin to General George Washington through his mother's ancestral line.
He was a professional educator, serving most of his career as administrator of Vocational Education departments at schools for the deaf in Texas, North Carolina, and Florida. He was a nationally recognized expert in the field of Vocational Education for the Deaf.
Raymond graduated from Gallaudet University in 1949, attended the University of Texas graduate school, and received his Masters in Educational Leadership from California State University in 1967.
A natural athletic talent himself, Ray was a national championship football coach early in his career at the Texas School for the Deaf in Austin, Texas. He was inducted into the American Athletic Association Hall of Fame and the Texas School for the Deaf Hall of Fame for his coaching championship achievements.
Raymond also coached in the World Games for the Deaf in 1957 and 1961, both held in Europe.
Having known President Lyndon Johnson earlier in his career, in 1969, Raymond was selected by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to serve on the select advisory committee to establish national broadcast standards for television program closed captioning. These standards are still in effect today.
Throughout his career, Raymond and was a tireless advocate for improving mass media services for the deaf community, receiving numerous awards and recognitions for his efforts.
While he was at Gallaudet College, Raymond was a founding brother of Alpha Sigma Pi fraternity, which is still active today.
As a gifted theatrical performer at Gallaudet, in 1939, he was chosen to play the romantic lead role of "Mortimer Brewster"in the popular deaf production of the black comedy farce "Arsenic and Old Lace" at the Fulton Theater on Broadway in New York. While there, he socialized with Boris Karloff and Cary Grant, major stage and movie actors of the day.
During WW II while working as a production supervisor in an Akron Ohio defense plant, Ray was a founding member and first president of the Akron Club of the Deaf which is still active. He was a avid tennis player, and fan of the Texas Longhorns football team.
For 70 years, he was married to his high school sweetheart, Marguerite Evans Butler, a member of the Caravel Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution. St. Petersburg,Fl. Marguerite is a 2015 honored recipient of the DAR "Women in American History Award" and Medal for her service during WW II and as a professional educator of the deaf. Raymond considered his loving marriage to his devoted wife to be his greatest accomplishment and blessing.
Raymond is the proud father of two sons, Charles Robert and Rodney R. Butler, two grandchildren, Robert M.
of St. Petersburg, and Laura of St. Augustine, two great grandchildren Kali and Fynn, also of St. Augustine.
Raymond 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 Anglo-Norman 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 pre-Christian 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 who ancestraly came to England from Normandy with William the Conqueror in 1066 AD.
Traditional 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:
Sons of the American Revolution, St Petersburg Chapter.
E. Dale Gunter FH
Saint Petersburg, Fl.
1920-2014
Raymond Butler was born in Booneville, Prentice Co. Mississippi October 22, 1920. He is 3rd cousin to General George Washington through his mother's ancestral line.
He was a professional educator, serving most of his career as administrator of Vocational Education departments at schools for the deaf in Texas, North Carolina, and Florida. He was a nationally recognized expert in the field of Vocational Education for the Deaf.
Raymond graduated from Gallaudet University in 1949, attended the University of Texas graduate school, and received his Masters in Educational Leadership from California State University in 1967.
A natural athletic talent himself, Ray was a national championship football coach early in his career at the Texas School for the Deaf in Austin, Texas. He was inducted into the American Athletic Association Hall of Fame and the Texas School for the Deaf Hall of Fame for his coaching championship achievements.
Raymond also coached in the World Games for the Deaf in 1957 and 1961, both held in Europe.
Having known President Lyndon Johnson earlier in his career, in 1969, Raymond was selected by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to serve on the select advisory committee to establish national broadcast standards for television program closed captioning. These standards are still in effect today.
Throughout his career, Raymond and was a tireless advocate for improving mass media services for the deaf community, receiving numerous awards and recognitions for his efforts.
While he was at Gallaudet College, Raymond was a founding brother of Alpha Sigma Pi fraternity, which is still active today.
As a gifted theatrical performer at Gallaudet, in 1939, he was chosen to play the romantic lead role of "Mortimer Brewster"in the popular deaf production of the black comedy farce "Arsenic and Old Lace" at the Fulton Theater on Broadway in New York. While there, he socialized with Boris Karloff and Cary Grant, major stage and movie actors of the day.
During WW II while working as a production supervisor in an Akron Ohio defense plant, Ray was a founding member and first president of the Akron Club of the Deaf which is still active. He was a avid tennis player, and fan of the Texas Longhorns football team.
For 70 years, he was married to his high school sweetheart, Marguerite Evans Butler, a member of the Caravel Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution. St. Petersburg,Fl. Marguerite is a 2015 honored recipient of the DAR "Women in American History Award" and Medal for her service during WW II and as a professional educator of the deaf. Raymond considered his loving marriage to his devoted wife to be his greatest accomplishment and blessing.
Raymond is the proud father of two sons, Charles Robert and Rodney R. Butler, two grandchildren, Robert M.
of St. Petersburg, and Laura of St. Augustine, two great grandchildren Kali and Fynn, also of St. Augustine.
Raymond 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 Anglo-Norman 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 pre-Christian 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 who ancestraly came to England from Normandy with William the Conqueror in 1066 AD.
Traditional 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:
Sons of the American Revolution, St Petersburg Chapter.
E. Dale Gunter FH
Raymond Butler
Saint Petersburg, Fl.
1920-2014
Raymond Butler was born in Booneville, Prentice Co. Mississippi October 22, 1920. He is 3rd cousin to General George Washington through his mother's ancestral line.
He was a professional educator, serving most of his career as administrator of Vocational Education departments at schools for the deaf in Texas, North Carolina, and Florida. He was a nationally recognized expert in the field of Vocational Education for the Deaf.
Raymond graduated from Gallaudet University in 1949, attended the University of Texas graduate school, and received his Masters in Educational Leadership from California State University in 1967.
A natural athletic talent himself, Ray was a national championship football coach early in his career at the Texas School for the Deaf in Austin, Texas. He was inducted into the American Athletic Association Hall of Fame and the Texas School for the Deaf Hall of Fame for his coaching championship achievements.
Raymond also coached in the World Games for the Deaf in 1957 and 1961, both held in Europe.
Having known President Lyndon Johnson earlier in his career, in 1969, Raymond was selected by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to serve on the select advisory committee to establish national broadcast standards for television program closed captioning. These standards are still in effect today.
Throughout his career, Raymond and was a tireless advocate for improving mass media services for the deaf community, receiving numerous awards and recognitions for his efforts.
While he was at Gallaudet College, Raymond was a founding brother of Alpha Sigma Pi fraternity, which is still active today.
As a gifted theatrical performer at Gallaudet, in 1939, he was chosen to play the romantic lead role of "Mortimer Brewster"in the popular deaf production of the black comedy farce "Arsenic and Old Lace" at the Fulton Theater on Broadway in New York. While there, he socialized with Boris Karloff and Cary Grant, major stage and movie actors of the day.
During WW II while working as a production supervisor in an Akron Ohio defense plant, Ray was a founding member and first president of the Akron Club of the Deaf which is still active. He was a avid tennis player, and fan of the Texas Longhorns football team.
For 70 years, he was married to his high school sweetheart, Marguerite Evans Butler, a member of the Caravel Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution. St. Petersburg,Fl. Marguerite is a 2015 honored recipient of the DAR "Women in American History Award" and Medal for her service during WW II and as a professional educator of the deaf. Raymond considered his loving marriage to his devoted wife to be his greatest accomplishment and blessing.
Raymond is the proud father of two sons, Charles Robert and Rodney R. Butler, two grandchildren, Robert M.
of St. Petersburg, and Laura of St. Augustine, two great grandchildren Kali and Fynn, also of St. Augustine.
Raymond 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 Anglo-Norman 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 pre-Christian 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 who ancestraly came to England from Normandy with William the Conqueror in 1066 AD.
Traditional 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:
Sons of the American Revolution, St Petersburg Chapter.
E. Dale Gunter FH
Saint Petersburg, Fl.
1920-2014
Raymond Butler was born in Booneville, Prentice Co. Mississippi October 22, 1920. He is 3rd cousin to General George Washington through his mother's ancestral line.
He was a professional educator, serving most of his career as administrator of Vocational Education departments at schools for the deaf in Texas, North Carolina, and Florida. He was a nationally recognized expert in the field of Vocational Education for the Deaf.
Raymond graduated from Gallaudet University in 1949, attended the University of Texas graduate school, and received his Masters in Educational Leadership from California State University in 1967.
A natural athletic talent himself, Ray was a national championship football coach early in his career at the Texas School for the Deaf in Austin, Texas. He was inducted into the American Athletic Association Hall of Fame and the Texas School for the Deaf Hall of Fame for his coaching championship achievements.
Raymond also coached in the World Games for the Deaf in 1957 and 1961, both held in Europe.
Having known President Lyndon Johnson earlier in his career, in 1969, Raymond was selected by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to serve on the select advisory committee to establish national broadcast standards for television program closed captioning. These standards are still in effect today.
Throughout his career, Raymond and was a tireless advocate for improving mass media services for the deaf community, receiving numerous awards and recognitions for his efforts.
While he was at Gallaudet College, Raymond was a founding brother of Alpha Sigma Pi fraternity, which is still active today.
As a gifted theatrical performer at Gallaudet, in 1939, he was chosen to play the romantic lead role of "Mortimer Brewster"in the popular deaf production of the black comedy farce "Arsenic and Old Lace" at the Fulton Theater on Broadway in New York. While there, he socialized with Boris Karloff and Cary Grant, major stage and movie actors of the day.
During WW II while working as a production supervisor in an Akron Ohio defense plant, Ray was a founding member and first president of the Akron Club of the Deaf which is still active. He was a avid tennis player, and fan of the Texas Longhorns football team.
For 70 years, he was married to his high school sweetheart, Marguerite Evans Butler, a member of the Caravel Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution. St. Petersburg,Fl. Marguerite is a 2015 honored recipient of the DAR "Women in American History Award" and Medal for her service during WW II and as a professional educator of the deaf. Raymond considered his loving marriage to his devoted wife to be his greatest accomplishment and blessing.
Raymond is the proud father of two sons, Charles Robert and Rodney R. Butler, two grandchildren, Robert M.
of St. Petersburg, and Laura of St. Augustine, two great grandchildren Kali and Fynn, also of St. Augustine.
Raymond 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 Anglo-Norman 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 pre-Christian 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 who ancestraly came to England from Normandy with William the Conqueror in 1066 AD.
Traditional 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:
Sons of the American Revolution, St Petersburg Chapter.
E. Dale Gunter FH
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