L. C. BUTLER
July 19, 1923 - June 15, 2022
L. C. Butler born July 19, 1923 in Temple, Texas to Ann Owen Hobday, passed away June 15, 2022 in Tomball, Texas. Preceded in death by the love of his life, Dorothy Corgey Butler. L.C. moved to Houston Texas at an early age and resided there until he joined the Marines on August 19, 1942. He was stationed in the Pacific on the islands of Saipan and then Tinian, where he was when the Enola Gay took off August 6, 1945. He came home on a merchant ship after the war in late August, 1945 and returned to Houston. He loved to tell the story of winning $1000 playing poker on the ship on his way home. He married Dorothy Corgey on September 7, 1945 and was discharged from the Marines October 25, 1945. L.C. and Dorothy took his winnings from the ship, and spent a month at the De George Hotel in downtown Houston. They resided in Houston until 1955, when they built a new home in Pasadena, where they raised their two daughters. He is survived by Lynn Butler Lucas and her husband Lee Lucas and Debra Butler Westberry and her partner Mary Jo Sadler. He is also survived by grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildrenLeigh Etheredge, Jennifer Kinard Elliott, Brian A. Kinard, Cortney Etheredge, Christofer Westberry, Logan Westberry, Skye Stover, Peyton Elliott, Dane Elliott, Lucille White, Clementine Kinard, Cash Kinard, and Scarlett Westberry.
He went to work at Anderson Clayton on the Houston Ship Channel in 1945 and then for Gulf Atlantic Warehouse, which later became Schroder Marine, where he worked until he retired in 1985. His retirement gift was a golf cart and trailer which he used to carry it on to the many golf courses he played over the years. At that time, he played golf 5 days a week, when he was not traveling the United States with his wife and driving the roads less traveled. He was a member of Baywood Country Club until it closed down, which he still complained about. After Dorothy’s death, he moved to Deer Park where he continued playing golf at Deer Park Golf Course until about 3 years ago. He could be found every other Tuesday night at the Deer Park City Council Meetings and was still trying to get them to reduce the speed limit on Center Street. He loved to go to the Sunshiners each month to enjoy visiting with everyone and listening to the music. L. C., who was called Honey by most of his family and friends, was also know for baking various types of home-made cookies which he took the Sunshiners and other get togethers. He would take them to the pharmacists, doctor’s offices, to City Hall, the dentist and to anyone that looked forward to getting them. He went to Maxwells almost every day for lunch.
L.C. had several WW2 Veteran caps that he wore all the time. There was rarely a time that someone in the restaurant wouldn’t thank him for his service and often buy his meal. He was very proud of being a Marine.
He taught us all to live our lives to the fullest, to treasure each and every day, and that getting old didn’t mean you had to quit enjoying life or act old. He showed his daughters that being a great husband and father was his goal in life. He was that young boy who didn’t have a caring father to teach him how to be a good man. He would say that the Marines and his wife was what made him a better person. He also said another goal was to live longer than the man that was supposed to be his father, who lived to be 97. Congratulations Marine, you reached that goal too.
You were loved and will be missed.
Visitation 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 21 and funeral service 11 a.m. Wednesday June 22, Forest Park Lawndale 6900 Lawndale Dr. Houston, Texas
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Honor Flight Houston in memory of L. C. Butler https://www. honorflighthouston.org/ individual-donations/