William "Lee" Leroy Butler

William “Lee” Leroy Butler, 48, of Dayton died Wednesday, January 4, 2017.
Services for Lee will be 12 noon, Monday, January 9, 2017 at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home, Dayton. Visitation will be 11:00 a.m. until service time at 12 noon.

Lee was born on August 27, 1968 in Lake Wells, Florida to Lorna Livingston Kron and Richard Henry Butler. Lee resided in Dayton, Texas since November 2011. When Lee was very young his father was a tug boat captain and the family moved to Puerto Rico for his father’s work. Moving back to Florida as an adolescent Lee found work in the tobacco fields with his brother. Lee graduated from West Platte High School in Missouri in 1987. After Lee graduated his father was working in the construction field and Lee and his brother joined him where they worked for many years together. He worked some very interesting jobs including shaping golf course in Bulgaria for Jack Nicholson.

Above anything else in his life including the beautiful countries he travelled to his family was the most important thing in Lee’s life. George, Lee’s step-father introduced him to his love of motorcycles as a young man. He quickly shared that love and enjoyed riding for many years. Lee had worked for Stericycle Environmental. Lee married Dee in 2012 on the Manasota beach in Englewood, Florida where his grandfather had built a house for the family to enjoy.

Lee was preceded in death by his father, Richard Henry Butler, granddaughter, Addison “Addie” Day, and father-in-law, Omie D. Milum. He is survived by his wife, Dee D. Milum Butler of Dayton; mother and step-father, Lorna and George Kron of Fort Ogden, Florida; brother, Ritchie Butler of Fort Ogden, Florida; children: Dustin Whidden of Pidemont, Oklahoma, Trevor and Heather Day of Punta Gorda, Florida, William Leroy Butler, Jr. of Punta Gorda, Florida, Forest and Aaron Powell of Dayton, and Kutter Butler of Dayton; grandchildren: Lily Whidden, Dallas Whidden, River Whidden, Skylar Day, Jace Day, Cannon Day, and William Butler, III; mother-in-law: Betty Milum Billingsley of Crosby; In-laws: John and Veronica Clanton of Dayton, Texas, Jeff and Sarah Milum of Crosby, Texas, and Brian Milum of San Diego, California; nieces: Shelby and Katilyn Clanton of Dayton, Texas; also numerous other relatives, extended family members and friends.