Leslie Bea Butler

Leslie Bea Butler, 86, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Thursday, March 10, 2011 in a local healthcare facility. She was born in McKinney, TX on January 21, 1925 to the late Robert Lee Melton and Loretta Warden Melton. She was a member of the North Cleveland Church of God. She was a faithful pastor's wife for fifty-one years and a retired business owner of the Goodwill Mission Store for twenty-six years. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Rev. Russell Butler; sister, Gladys Cross and her husband, Rev. Arthur Cross; brother, J. D. Melton, Jr. and his wife, Vera May Melton. Survivors include her sisters, Willie Wilson and husband, Curtis of Sherman, TX and Dessie Melsted and husband Robert of Clermont, FL; and five nieces and nephews. A graveside service will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at Sunset Memorial Gardens with Rev. Cecil Guiles officiating. Grissom Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. To send an online condolence to the family, please visit www.grissomfh.net.