Elizabeth Butler

Elizabeth Butler

1939-2017

Funeral services for Elizabeth Jane Sockwell Butler, 77, of Wills Point, were held Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, at Allan Fuller Funeral Home Chapel in Wills Point with Pastor David Cartwright officiating.

Interment followed at the Howell Cemetery north of Wills Point.

She passed away late Monday night, Feb. 13, 2017, at Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, surrounded by her family.

She was born March 29, 1939, in Terrell, the daughter of Chester Sockwell and Elizabeth Jane Johnson Sockwell.  She was raised in Wills Point and graduated from Wills Point High School in 1957, where she was Salutatorian.  She married Richard Huff and they were together for seventeen years.  She later married John Butler on Nov. 9, 1987, in Wills Point. 

She was formerly employed by Southwestern Life Insurance Company and retired from Parkland Hospital in Dallas in the early 1990’s.  She enjoyed crafts, painting, sewing, gardening and watching baseball.  She also enjoyed watching her grandchildren play sports.  She was a member of Russell Memorial United Methodist Church in Wills Point. 

She was preceded in death by her parents, Chester and Elizabeth Jane Sockwell; husband, Richard Huff; daughter, Kathy Huff Hair and a son, Kevin Huff.

She is survived by husband, John Butler, of Wills Point; two sons, Jeff Butler and wife, Jodi, of Rowlett and John Butler and wife, Rose, of Mesquite; two sons-in-law, Michael Hair, of Terrell and Ted Wimberly, of Wills Point; daughter, Kelly Allison and husband, Steve, of Manchester, N.H.; brother, Tim Sockwell and wife, Cheryl, of Edgewood; sister, Keeta Lybrand and husband, Karl, of Wills Point and  seven grandchildren, Casey Huff, C.J. Huff, Elizabeth Hair, Hannah Butler, Nikki Wimberly, Kaila Butler and Derek Wimberly.                         

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