Ernestine "Tina" Oglesby Butler

Mrs. Ernestine "Tina" Oglesby Butler, age 77, passed away Thursday, October 31, 2024, at her residence.

She was predeceased by her parents, Ernest Wennen and Mary Julia Blackburn Oglesby; sisters, Gladys Estelle Royal(James Daniel "Boe") McKinney and Emma Lucy Oglesby Osteen; and her brothers, Jimmie Lee Oglesby, Louis Oglesby and Bobby Wendell (Myra)Oglesby.

She is survived by her husband of 23 years, Robert Craig Butler of Metter; her constant companion--her Boston Terrier "Chopper"; sons Richard Clayton(Tina) Doyle and Benjamin Kirkpatrick ( Amy) Gay, both of Sylvania; and step-daughters Candice Taylor, of Savannah, Brandy ( Mark) Lamb of Stillmore, and Brittany (Matt) Dawkins, of Swainsboro.

She is also survived by grandchildren, Derik Eugene (Allie) Doyle, Christina Bernice Doyle(Austin) Roach; step-grandchildren, Alaya and Aubrey Lamb, and Chloe and Brantley Dawkins; and great-grandchildren, Liam, Lachlan and Charlotte Doyle, Ryan and Madison Roach, and one on the way.

She also leaves two sisters to cherish her memory--Mary Grace Whisenant of North Augusta, S.C., and Dorothy "Dot" (Tom) Cauley of Sylvania, and numerous nephews and nieces.

Mrs. Butler retired from Georgia Regional Hospital as a Clinical Director/Medical Staff Credentialer, and from BASF as Office Manager.

She was of the Baptist faith, a member of the Big Horse Creek Baptist Church WMU Outreach Program, Edith Cavell #193 Order of the Eastern Star, Georgia Salzburger Society, National Society Colonial Dames Seventeenth Century Richard Warren GA23 Chapter, Edmond Burke #3027 Daughters of the American Revolution, and Margaret Jones #27 United Daughters of the Confederacy.

She attended Screven County High School, graduated from Ogeechee Tech, and took multiple courses at Ogeechee Tech and Savannah Tech where she graduated at the top of the class.

She loved flowers, especially knock-out roses, family, friends, and helping those less fortunate, after she became disabled she loved and missed them all. 

Visitation will be held from 10:00 am - 11:00 am at Deal Funeral Directors on Monday, November 4, 2024. The funeral service will commence at 11:00 am, and be conducted by Pastor Bert Hickman, burial will follow at Bulloch Memorial Gardens. 

Serving as pallbearers will be Derik Doyle, Mark Lamb, Matt Dawkins, Chris Doyle, Chris Reddick and Rodney Butler. Honorary pallbearers will be  employees of Georgia Regional Hospital.

Funeral Arrangements were entrusted to Deal Funeral Directors in Statesboro.