Bonnie Ray Fisher, 1947 (age 77 years)

Name
Bonnie Ray /Fisher/
Family with parents
father
19182005
Birth: about 1918
Death: December 14, 2005Decatur Co. Manor, Decatur Co. TN
mother
Marriage MarriageOctober 9, 1937Decatur Co. TN
sister
brother
elder sister
19401940
Birth: November 3, 1940 22 18
Death: November 3, 1940
11 months
elder sister
6 years
herself
Family with Ronald Brown Butler
husband
1947
Birth: September 16, 1947 Jackson, Madison Co. TN
herself
Marriage MarriageSeptember 18, 1970Decatur Co. TN
2 years
daughter
1972
Birth: November 24, 1972 25 25
Family with Lester Ray Davis Jr.
partner
19461968
Birth: January 9, 1946
Death: November 14, 1968
herself
Marriage
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Guy F. Hester, M. G.

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The News Leader, Parsons, TN, May 8, 2002, Page 1

Butler Wants To Keep Doing What She Loves: Working For The People

Bonnie Butler says you either love your small town or you hate it.

"And I love mine!", she states emphatically. "We think this is a good place and it is worth the time and effort to make it even better. I have really enjoyed serving on the city council."

"We" is Butler and her husband, Ronnie of 32 years. Butler was born and raised in Decatur County and Ronnie is from Jackson. They have one daughter, Becky White, wife of Brian White and mother to Zane David White. The Whites live in Scotts Hill.

Butler states without hesitation that her grandson is the "love of her life!".

Butler works for the State Department of Health in Health Care Facilities out of Jackson. She supervises support staff throughout West Tennessee. Still, she finds time to promote Parsons and Decatur County at every turn.

When the News Leader caught up with her, she had just returned from a trip to Nashville trying to secure funds for a loan to help the city extend a water supply pipeline from the Tennessee River inland to the city. She offered the following statement:

"On June 6th the citizens and business owners of Parsons will go to the polls to elect a Mayor and seven (7) Council members. In 1998, I was elected to the council and have <deleted...