Alice Lorraine Butler, age 89, formerly of Chesapeake Beach, MD passed away on June 29, 2012 at Asbury Solomons Nursing Center. She was born October 4, 1922 in Selma Township, NC to William Ezekel and Alonia (Deans) Jones. She was raised and educated in North Carolina. Alice was married to John Watson Butler in South Carolina April 9, 1938. They made their home in Washington, DC in 1950 moving to Lothian in 1973 and settling in Chesapeake Beach, with their daughter Judy, in 1986. Alice has been a resident of Asbury Solomons Community for the last two years.
Alice was a full time homemaker and devoted mother to her children. She loved to cook and was famous for her chicken and dumplings. She was a good person, always having a smile on her face and willing to help anyone who was in need. Her children and grandchildren were her life.
Alice was preceded in death by her husband John W. Butler on January 6, 1987, a son Terry R. Butler, brothers Opie and Roland Jones and a grandson.
Surviving are her twin daughters Judy E. Wagaman and Janet M. Ricks and her husband Larry of Chesapeake Beach, MD; a son John W. Butler of Severn, MD; seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.