Beaula M. Butler

ELOY - Beaula M. Butler, 68, of Eloy died on April 19, 2014, at Casa Grande Regional Medical Center.

Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday at Fountains of Living Water Church in Casa Grande. The celebration of life there will follow at 11, with Pastor Charlie Joe Payne officiating. Burial will be in Eloy Memorial Park.

Mrs. Butler was born on May 15, 1945, in Mount Pleasant, Texas, and was a daughter of Minnie Mae and Talmadge Craddock Sr. She worked at the Arizona Training Program at Coolidge as a caregiver and loved to cook, was devoted to her family, loved to go to church and would feed anyone who came to her home. She loved to do crossword puzzle books and take pictures and would travel to Texas twice a year to visit her family. She enjoyed spending time with her family and especially her grandchildren.

Survivors include her husband, Thomas, with whom she spent 47 years; a daughter, Lena Hall of Mount Pleasant; eight sons, Roy Butler of Casa Grande, Danny Butler of Blythe, Calif., Tommy Butler of Avondale, Johnny and Elloyd Smith Jr. of Eloy, Carl Butler of Phoenix, Troy Butler of Arizona City and Jerry Butler of Phoenix; eight sisters, Margaret Byrd, Allie Brannon, Carolyn Turner, Rita Marshall, Vernetha Green, all of Mount Pleasant, Joyce Moore and Edna Adams of Dallas and Emma D. Willis of Fairfield, Texas; three brothers, Robert, Donald and Kenneth Craddock, all of Mount Pleasant; and many grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Ricky Butler; three sisters, Dorothy Pearl, Vera and Bobbi Jean Craddock; two brothers, John L. and Talmadge Craddock Jr.; and two grandsons, Bobby and Lamar Smith.

J. Warren Funeral Services, Valley Chapel is in charge of arrangements.