Mr. Salathia Butts III Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

SALATHIA BUTTS, III. WAS BORN JANUARY 27, 1943 IN ELIZABETH CITY, NC. HE WAS THE FIRST BORN SON TO SALATHIA, JR. AND HELEN WHITE- HURST BUTTS. FAMILY MOVED TO MILWAUKEE, WI WHERE HE WAS RAISED AND EDUCATED IN THE MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. AFTER GRADUATION HE WENT ON TO TENNESSEE STATE (A&I) UNIVERSITY AND GRADUATED WITH A DEGREE. RAISED WITH HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, DWIGHT, HIS MOTHER MADE SURE HE WAS NOT JUST EDUCATED BUT ALSO BROUGHT UP IN A STRONG CHRISTIAN HOME. SHE WOULD TAKE THEM TO ST. MATTHEWS CME CHURCH TO WORSHIP. HE AND LINDA KLECKLEY HAD TWO BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN, LYNETTE AND CORY AFTER GRADUATION SALATHIA WAS A FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR THE HIGHER EDUCATION AIDS BOARD ASSISTING STUDENTS WITH THEIR FINANCIAL NEEDS AND SERVICES. KNOWN FOR HIS ENTERPRISING IDEAS, AS AN ENTREPRENEUR ALWAYS SAYING THAT IT'S BEST TO HAVE YOUR OWN BUSINESS . .sALATHIA III, WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, SALATHIA, JR. AND HELEN WHITEHURST BUTTS, UNCLES; CECIL, CLAYMAN, & LESTER BUTTS AND AUNTS GLENNIE & ARVILLA. HE IS SURVIVED BY A DEVOTED PARTNER AND FRIEND, DIANE WILLIAMS, HIS DAUGHTER, LYNETTE KLECKLEY MCBEATH,(WILLIE ), SON, CORY KLECKLEY(WANDA KLECKLEY) HIS BROTHER, DWIGHT ANTHONY BUTTS (CARRIETTA BELLE BUTTS), GRANDCHILDREN, MARQUES MCBEATH, NICOLE ABDULAH(NIJJAR ABDULLAH) CORY KLECKLEY, JR., CORDERO KLECKLEY, NEPHEWS, DAMIEN WHITE, JYCHORRI ROBINSON, NIECE'S, ALEXIA BUTTS, TIFFANY BUTTS, GREAT NEPHEW & NIECE; ISAAC AND NAOMI WHITE AND MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.

Mr. Salathia Butts III

January 27, 1943 - January 13, 2020