Alton Butler, 90, pastor of Myrtle Grove Baptist Church in Pensacola, Fla., from 1963-93, died July 9.
He served as president of the Florida Baptist State Convention in 1984, and on the boards of trustees of Stetson University in DeLand and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky.
Butler's additional Florida Baptist State Convention service included serving on the State Board of Missions 1968-71, 1977-80 and as chairman 1978-79; Committee on Nominations 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1987, and as chairman 1989; and Committee on Order of ...