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BROADUS O. BUTLER SR. • 1923 - 2021

Broadus O. Butler Sr., man who became Clarendon 1, state’s 1st Black superintendent, remembered

Posted 8/3/21

Broadus Butler Jr. stayed by his father's side with his family at the patriarch's home in Summerton.

Butler Jr. lived with his father for the last two years as Dad's health declined. His sisters, Anita Diane Butler-McCollom and Melony Butler, …

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