BUTLER, REUBEN VERNOR, was born 25 July 1894, the son of Thompson C. BUTLER and Mary Hulda HAY. He was a brother to Henry Arthur BUTLER above. During the war he was stationed at the Panama Canel. Date of induction and discharge not given. After the war, he returned to Lutts, Tennessee. Later he worked as a carpenter in Memphis, Tennesse and at Lutts. He spent several yeras working at Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Reuben later returned to Memphis and fianlly to Lutts, Tennessee where he served as a deputy sheriff. During his service as deputy sheriff, he was shot and paralized. He spent 12 years at the Veterans Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. He died 11 June 1966 and was buried in Pinhook Cemetery, Lutts, Tennessee. He never married.