Submitted by: Dan Rich

Emerson Butts Sr

1964 - Dec. 27, 2008

South Bend Tribune 12/31/2008
SOUTH BEND - Emerson "Craig" Butts Sr., 44, passed away at 11 A.M. on Saturday, December 27, in Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Survivors are father, Emery Butts (Lindy); wife, Patricia; three daughters, Nikisha Underwood, BreAnn and Ashley Butts; two sons, Emerson Butts Jr. and Raymond Lamond Harper ll; five grandchildren, Dontrell, Ernest, Airamia, Angelia and Tj; seven siblings, Barbra Jean West (Wallace), Sharon Decarlo Ghant, David (Annette) Warnsley, Micheal Kevin Warnsley, David (Juella) Butts, Emery Butts lll, Benny (Denita) Leroy Butts; an aunt, Charlotte Harris, and uncle, Perry (Betty) Ward, both of Gary, Indiana; a stew of nieces, nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by his mother, Rosetta (Emery) Butts; sister, Mary Ann Butts; and brother, Minus West. He will be sorely missed.