Dorothy Butler

Dorothy Ann Eubank Butler, 86, of Union City, formerly of Covington, died July 28, 2017, at her residence.
Services were held Sunday at 3 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Covington, with the Revs. Jimmy Calhoun and Dan Camp officiating.
Burial followed in Munford Cemetery in Covington.
White-Ranson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were Joe Sage, Jimmy Jones, G.K. Butler, Dolph Butler, Wesley Barnett, Bret Whitley and Ethan Whitley.
The family requests memorials be made to First United Methodist Church in Union City, First United Methodist Church in Covington or a charity of the donor’s choice.
She was born Dec. 17, 1930, in Stanton, daughter of the late Samuel Kimbrough and Sara Elizabeth (Mize) Eubank. She married Charles Eugene Butler April 9, 1950. He died Aug. 5, 2010. She and her husband, Gene, were avid ballroom dancers, and they taught classes all throughout West Tennessee. They also worked for several cruise lines as ballroom instructors. She was a bookkeeper with Southwest Tennessee Electric Corp. in Covington, retiring after 43 years. She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Covington, where she taught Sunday School for 17 years, and currently attended First United Methodist Church in Union City, where she was a member of the Margaret Carter Sunday School Class and United Methodist Women.
She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Beverly and Hal Rice and Jean Ann and Bart White, all of Union City; three granddaughters and the spouse of one, Kara Dunavant of Union City and Ashley and John Henry Schmitt and Anna White, all of Jackson Hole, Wyo.; one step-granddaughter, Avery Cearley of Brentwood; three great-grandchildren, Kaigan Davis, Kyler Southerland and Kason Medley, all of Union City; two step-great-grandchildren, Thaxton Cearley and Collins Cearley, both of Brentwood; her sister, Janie Sage of Brentwood; and several nieces and nephews.
She was also preceded in death by her brother, Clyde Eubank.
Condolences may be sent to the family at the funeral home website: www.white-ranson.com.
Published 7.31.17