Submitted by: Dan Rich
Emerson Butts Sr
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1964 - Dec. 27, 2008
South Bend Tribune 12/31/2008
SOUTH BEND - Emerson "Craig" Butts Sr., 44,
passed away at 11 A.M. on Saturday, December 27, in Lutheran
Hospital of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Survivors are father, Emery
Butts (Lindy); wife, Patricia; three daughters, Nikisha Underwood,
BreAnn and Ashley Butts; two sons, Emerson Butts Jr. and Raymond
Lamond Harper ll; five grandchildren, Dontrell, Ernest,
Airamia, Angelia and Tj; seven siblings, Barbra Jean West
(Wallace), Sharon Decarlo Ghant, David (Annette) Warnsley,
Micheal Kevin Warnsley, David (Juella) Butts, Emery Butts lll,
Benny (Denita) Leroy Butts; an aunt, Charlotte Harris, and
uncle, Perry (Betty) Ward, both of Gary, Indiana; a stew
of nieces, nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by his
mother, Rosetta (Emery) Butts; sister, Mary Ann Butts; and
brother, Minus West. He will be sorely missed.
Services for Emerson "Craig" Butts Sr. will be Saturday, January 3rd. Viewing will be from 11a.m. and the funeral will began at 12 noon in the Clark O-Neal Funeral Home, 2702 Lincoln Way West, South Bend, Indiana 46628. Funeral services have been entrusted to the Clark O-Neal Funeral Home.