BUTLER, REUBEN VERNOR, was born 25 July 1894, the son of Thompson C. BUTLER and Mary Hulda HAY. He was a brother to Henry Arthur BUTLER. During the war he was stationed at the Panama Canal. Date of induction and discharge not given. After the war, he returned to Lutts, Tennessee. Later he worked as a carpenter in Memphis, Tennessee and at Lutts. He spent several years working at Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Reuben later returned to Memphis and finally to Lutts, Tennessee where he served as a deputy sheriff. During his service as deputy sheriff, he was shot and paralyzed. He spent 12 years at the Veterans Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. He died 11 June 1966 and was buried in Pinhook Cemetery, Lutts, Tennessee. He never married.
- Wayne County Historian - On Sunday, 2 December 1990, the Wayne County Historical Society honored all the veterans of World War I. As part of the program, surviving veterans and the families of deceased veterans were asked to submit to the Society a biography of the veteran and his activities during the war.