Tuesday 23rd September 2025

Thomas L. “Tom” Butler Sr., age 96, of Marshall, died Wednesday, March 25, 2020.
Private family inurnment will be held at a later date at the Missouri State Veterans’ Cemetery in Higginsville.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Light House Shelter or Marshall Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home in Marshall is in charge of the arrangements.
Survivors include two daughters, Jane Ellen “Jebby” Vardiman (Chuck), of Fair Grove, and Niki Butler Surber, of Marshall; three grandchildren, Jennifer Earthly, Olivia Butler and Thomas Patrick Butler; one great-grandson, E.J. Earthly; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to his father, Clarence C. Butler, mother, May Moore Butler Bouling and wives- Mary Logan and Joyce Kennedy Dawes; Tom was preceded in death by a son, Thomas L. Butler Jr.; a sister, Bessie Mae Stratton, a brother, Delno Mullin; stepfather, Charles Bouling; and half-sister, Laura Isabel Unroe.