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Butlers Veteran Site

Memories of Butler Shoe Corporation


At this time I have no photos for the Butler site, but I am working on it. JLK
I have a lot of great photos in my mind but nothing on paper or digital.
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Butler memories from many people >> http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/8824

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beautiful kitten		 427 Ford Cobra
427 Ford Cobra		 Phyllis Spicer and Phyllis Young
Phyllis Spicer and Phyllis Young		 Lucky playing
Lucky playing
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Jeffrey Lewis Knapp03-Dec-2018 01:02
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Jeffrey Lewis Knapp23-Aug-2018 22:50
I just remembered I have a piece of Butler memorabilia. I have the sign that was up behind my sales desk payment counter in my store at Christown Mall. JLK
Jim Allen 15-Aug-2018 18:46
If any of the old veterans would like to correspond my email is Jim-allen@comcast.net or call 559 246 1567 Love to chat. Jimmy Allen
Jim Allen 15-Aug-2018 18:44
Butler store Jackson Tennessee Memphis Tennessee Pinebluff Arkansas Shreveport Louisiana West Minister California work for Butlers from 1971 till 1982. Great people to work with Terri Marshall Steve Ellis Freddy Joseph John Miller.Pruitt Theresa long Tom Stone great years
Jeffrey Lewis Knapp05-Oct-2015 03:29
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Guest 04-Oct-2015 16:40
I started out in Crosscheck Mall, Fayetteville, NC, in 1980. Store manager was Walter McCaskill. He was a really great guy. He and JR Freeman started in the company at the same time in Fayetteville. We had a Hot Feet store across the aisle from us where Loretta Freeman (JR's wife) worked. Walter trained a lot of managers before and after me. Hal Levine, Frank Fowler, Michael Forrester, James Pender. Our DM's were Harvey Clark, then Bill Williams. JR was the regional manager. Since JR lived in Fayetteville, we saw him weekly. He and Walter were good friends. I got my first store in Chapel Hill, NC. Bill was my DM. While in Chapel Hill, I had visits from Jaun Watts. My second month in Chapel Hill, I received calls from JR and Jaun because I had the largest weekly increase in the country. We closed the store in Chapel Hill when the lease ran out. I worked with David Hedrick in Durham while waiting for them to find me a store. JR called one morning and offered me the store in Athens, GA. I was glad to get back to GA. Tim Watts was the DM and Ray Burroughs was the RM. I had auditors along the way: Jack Denton, Ken Forman. I left for other ventures in 1984. I wonder where some of these folks are now.
Rommie Kelley 07-Sep-2015 20:25
Forgot to put my name, came up as guest, sorry.
Guest 07-Sep-2015 20:23
We closed our store in McCain Mall in March of 91 and I pretty much had figured out what was going on and didn't move with them anymore, a very sad decision on my part. I had a ruptured disc in my back that I had struggled with for a couple of years so I took the summer off and got that corrected and went to work for Sam's Club for a little over 12 years and retired in 2004 at the age of 62. Worked part time for SC Johnson for 3 years and haven't worked since. In my final 10 years, I was a training manager and trained a lot of manager's for them. As you know, the final years was a tremendous number of turnovers. Those were the best 30 years of my life and they always gave me everything I needed to do the job. They were my family and I still miss them tremendously.
Rommie Kelley 04-Sep-2015 15:24
I was with Butler's from 1964 till 1991 and managed stores in Pine Bluff, Florence, Tuscaloosa, St Joe and finished up in McCain Mall N little rock. These were my golden years and loved everyone at Butler.s like one happy family. They always gave me everything I needed to do the job. I still miss working for them.
Jeffrey Lewis Knapp30-Jan-2015 04:20
I worked for Butlers from 77 to 88 starting at Ansonia shoes in Christown mall with manager Bob and Rick and DM Bill R and sales people Marc and Charlene. Jerry and Becky were across the mall at Purple Cow. Ray was the manager of Bakers on the corner. Ansonia was Beck Industries that went bankrupt and Butler acquired Ansonia. Since both stores were in the same mall, Ansonia closed and we transferred to Butler on the west end of the mall across from Woolworth’s and next to KB Toys and Miracle Mile with George and Jill. Armando was the manager of Butlers and during the transition Armando became the District Manager, Keri became manager of Butlers in Christown and I went to Metro Center Butlers where Robbie was the manager. Robbie decided to return to Texas and I became manager of Butlers Metro Center later transferring back to Christown as manager. Orlando L, Kim, Jack J, Nancy, Ted T, John T, and Mary K were a few of the wonderful people who worked at the Christown store. Armando was a great boss. I really enjoyed working there. Tony at Tony’s Shoe Repair was our repairperson. John T went to Montgomery Wards, Ted T went on as a manager, and when I left Butler, I went to JC Penney. After Penney, I went on for 25 years in Retail and then 16 years in Banking. I had a wonderful time and will cherish all the wonderful memories and friends I made forever. Call me 480-827-2166.
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