Born Aug. , , in Russellville, he was the son of the late Sylvester Richard and Edith Pet Bolden Butler. 그는 퇴역한 공군 베트남 참전 용사였으며 이전에 클락스빌에서 인쇄소를 운영했습니다. He was preceded in death by a sister, Nancy Gray brother, Jimmy Butler and motherinlaw, Clara Wilson.