Ada Bunt Butler

Ada Bunt Butler, 72, of Hodges, passed away Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at a local hospital. The family will receive friends on Friday, September 19 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Ridgemont Baptist Church, 4857 Buffalo Gap Road. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, September 20 at Ridgemont Baptist Church. Rev. Rudy Fambrough and Rev. Ron Shuffield will officiate. Burial will follow in Elmwood Memorial Park. Services are under the direction of The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road. Ada was born the daughter of Lee Roy and Virgie (Pennington) Gee on May 7, 1936 in Petrolia, Texas. Before retiring, Ada worked as a Licensed Vocational Nurse. In 1980, Ada moved to Abilene from New Jersey. She married Billy Butler in Abilene on May 7, 2001. Ada was a member of Ridgemont Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband, Morris N. Bunt, and two brothers, JC Gee and Lee Roy Gee Jr. Ada is survived by her husband, Billy Butler, of Hodges; two sons, Morris Bunt, Jr. and Michael Bunt, both of Abilene; one step-son, David Scott and his wife Cheryl of Hamby; one daughter, Ada Michelle Smith, of Abilene; two step-daughters and their husbands, Donna and Greg White and Diana and Randy Duncan, all of Abilene; one brother, Edwin Gee, of Abilene; one sister, Vivian Farris, of Wichita Falls; seven grandchildren, Kevin Eugene Smith, Daniel Ellison, Blake Duncan, Taylor Duncan, Jake Scott, Brylee Ellison and Johnny Holland; three great-grandchildren, Abby, Emma and Tyler. She is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Serving as pallbearers will be Delton Chambers, Kevin Smith, Blake Duncan, Randy Duncan, Daniel Ellison and John Lopez. Memorials may be made in honor of Ada Butler to the children's ministry at Ridgemont Baptist Church, 4857 Buffalo Gap Road, Abilene, Texas 79606.