William Dennis Butler (Plainview)

William Dennis Butler was born on July 14, 1944, to William Woodrow & Bernice Greenwell Butler.

God called Dennis home on June 12, 2026, at Baptist Saint Anthony's Hospital in Amarillo, Texas.

Dennis grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended Bellwood Baptist Church in Atlanta.

He went to O'Keefe High School where he played football, basketball and baseball, graduating in 1962.

He attended Tennessee Temple University in Chattanooga, Tennessee where he was a member of the Crusader basketball team.

Later he went to New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.

He was ordained as a Pastor on April 19, 1970, at First Baptist Church in Duluth, Georgia.

He served as Youth Minister and later Pastor in Maryland and Georgia.

On March 3, 1998, he met Venita Thomas, and they Immediately fell in love and got married on June 13,1998 making their home in Plainview.

Dennis was a member of College Heights Baptist Church in Plainview where he taught Sunday School and a Discipleship Class.

On September 23, 2007, he was called as Pastor of Aiken Baptist Church where he was Pastor until his death.

Dennis is survived by his wife, Venita Butler of the home; three sons, Kyle Admire, David Thomas and Lyn Thomas; two daughters, Veronica Bryant and Staci Rodriguez; sixteen grandchildren; twelve great grandchildren and a cousin and a niece.

He is preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Jimmy Butler and Ceege Butler and a nephew, Zack Butler.

In lieu of flowers please donate to one of two mission groups that were dear to Dennis' heart and that he faithfully supported financially:

North India New Life Society

P.O. Box 102

Plainview, Texas 79073

or

Mission Aviation Fellowship

P.O. Box 47

Nampa, Idaho 83653.