Mrs. Helen Frances Claxton Butner Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Mrs. Helen Frances Claxton Butner, age 92, of Shelbyville, passed away Friday, November 13, 2015, after a brief illness. She was a loving and warm hearted Mother, supporter of her only daughter, Elaine, in her showing of her one and only Tennessee Walking Horse “Freddie” for many years. She also briefly competed on her own horse, “Honest Abe”. She loved going to estate sales, working with her flowers, helping with her daughter’s vintage horse pillows, and in earlier years, avid quilt maker. She was a lover of all animals and she will be greatly missed by all that knew her kindness and caring ways. She was born March 14, 1923, in Fort Worth, Texas, to the late Melvin Francis Claxton and Maggie Sutton Claxton. Preceding her in death was her husband, Odie B. Butner, and brothers, George, Fred, Woodard, Alex, and Clyde. November 13, 2015, the day of her death, would have been her 70th wedding anniversary, getting married in Huntsville, Alabama in 1945. She worked at U. S. Rubber Company and later at Tusculum Elementary School in Nashville, where her daughter attended. She worked briefly with the Spotted Horse Association in Shelbyville. Survivors include her loving daughter, Monica Elaine Butner, of Shelbyville; loving nephews, Gene Claxton, of Shelbyville, and Lonnie Butner, Sr., of Winchester; several other nieces and nephews. She was the only surviving aunt on both sides. Visitation will be 2-7 PM Sunday, November 15, 2015, and again one hour prior to service, which will be 1:30 PM Monday at the funeral home. Burial will follow in Hazel Cemetery in Bell Buckle. Memorials may be made to the Shelbyville Bedford county Humane Association, P.O. Box 391, Shelbyville, TN 37162. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is assisting the family with the arrangements.

Mrs. Helen Frances Claxton Butner

March 14, 1923 - November 13, 2015