Ralph Edgar Butts Jr. (1922)

Born 19 May 1922 in Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

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Biography

Ralph was born in 1923. He was the son of Ralph Butts and Stella Tinsley. ^[1]

He was married (presumably to Betty H.) and working as a railroad brakeman when he enlisted as a private in the Army Air Corps on 13 Dec 1943 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. ^[2]

Ralph and Betty resided at Knox County, Tennessee in 1950 ^[3] and divorced in Jun 1962 at Volusia County, Florida; ^[4]

He married second in Dec 1964 at Volusia County, Florida to Anglea ____ ^[5] and they divorced on 04 Mary 1991 at Alachua County, Florida. ^[6]

Ralph married third after 1991 to Kathryn Parrish and she died in 1999, leaving two children, ^[7] who were probably not Ralph's:

1. Nicki C., m. ____ Ring
2. Kent H.

Ralph's date and place of death and burial are unknown.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4CR-6JZ : accessed 3 September 2017), Ralph E Butts in household of Ralph E Butts, Civil District 2, Knox, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 47-5, sheet 61A, line 16, family 232, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3909.
2. ↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8Y4-J4H : 5 December 2014), Ralph E Jr Butts, enlisted 13 Dec 1943, Cp Shelby, Mississippi, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
3. ↑ "United States 1950 Census", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FSQ-3ZZC : Fri Oct 06 17:37:38 UTC 2023), Entry for Ralph E Butts, Jr and Betty Butts, 10 April 1950.
4. ↑ "Florida Divorce Index, 1927-2001," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKWT-ZKG : 25 December 2014), Ralph E Butts and Betty H Butts, Jun 1962; from "Florida Divorce Index, 1927-2001," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Volusia, Florida, certificate 11064, volume 993, Florida Department of Health, Jacksonville.
5. ↑ "Florida Marriage Index, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VJ8X-GGN : 28 November 2014), Ralph Edgar Butts, Dec 1964; from "Florida, Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2006); citing Florida Department of Health, Jacksonville, Florida; and Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research.
6. ↑ "Florida Divorce Index, 1927-2001," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKCQ-V27 : 25 December 2014), Ralph E Butts and Anglea, 04 Mar 1991; from "Florida Divorce Index, 1927-2001," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Alachua, Florida, certificate 011654, volume , Florida Department of Health, Jacksonville.
7. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKTJ-ZFN2 : 26 October 2016), Ralph E Butts in entry for Mrs Kathryn Parrish Butts, Florida, United States, 14 Feb 1999; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Gainesville Sun, The, born-digital text.