Katie Butrum

Katie Butrum obituary, Lafayette, TN

Katie Butrum

Katie Butrum Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Alexander Funeral Home - Lafayette on Feb. 16, 2026.
Ms. Mary Kathryn Butrum better known as Katie, age 72, of Lafayette, passed away, Saturday, February 14, 2026, at Tri-Star Medical Center. Funeral services for Katie Butrum are scheduled to be conducted on Friday, February 20, 2026 at 1 PM, from The First Baptist Church of Lafayette with Pastor Ron Mathis officiating. Interment with Military Honors will follow in the Underwood Cemetery.

Visitation will begin at the funeral home on Thursday, February 19, 2026 from 5 PM until 8 PM, and on Friday at the church from 11 AM until service time at 1 PM

There will be an Eastern Star Service on Thursday evening, February 19, at 7 PM, conducted by The Lafayette Order of The Eastern Star # 379

Family suggests memorial contributions be made to The Lafayette Order of The Eastern Star #379 or The Lafayette First Baptist Church.

She is preceded in death by Husband, Jack Butrum; Parents, DeWitt Edwin Booth Sr. and Helen Joyce Weatherman Booth; and Step-Daughters, Beverly A. Pritchard, and Nanci McGarvey.

Ms. Katie Butrum is survived by,

Step-Children,

Jack P. Butrum Jr. and wife, Joan

Jeffery R. Butrum and wife, Teresa

Cheryl Parrish and husband, Edward

Leanne Pitts and husband, Richard

Brother,

Dewitt E. Booth Jr. and wife, Elaine

Nephews,

J.T. Booth and wife, Britney

Patrick Lancaster

Niece,

Amanda Smith

Eleven Grandchildren and Seven Great-Grandchildren also survive.

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209 East Locust Street, Lafayette, TN 37083

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