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Serving the Taylor County seat of Butler, this municipal burial ground — also recorded over the years as Butler City Cemetery and Butler Baptist Church Cemetery — holds more than a thousand marked graves. Among those interred here is Alex Hawkins (1937-2017), a professional football player who spent roughly a decade in the NFL before a long second career as a sports broadcaster. Its size and spread of dates make it one of the principal cemeteries in the Butler area.
Butler Memorial Cemetery is a cemetery in Butler, Taylor County. It is one of 34 cemeteries documented in Taylor County, among 45 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.5555, -84.2416 near Butler. The nearest cataloged historic site is West End Cemetery (cemetery), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Taylor County, Taylor County Courthouse, and The Montgomery Hospital.
This record is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
Serving the Taylor County seat of Butler, this municipal burial ground — also recorded over the years as Butler City Cemetery and Butler Baptist Church Cemetery — holds more than a thousand marked graves. Among those interred here is Alex Hawkins (1937-2017), a professional football player who spent roughly a decade in the NFL before a long second career as a sports broadcaster. Its size and spread of dates make it one of the principal cemeteries in the Butler area.
Sources: findagrave.com
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