It is not the critic who counts. Not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled or where

the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred

by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great

enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause. Who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph

of high achievement, and who at the worst, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never

 be with those timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."

Mel buttram  

• Letter of Credence to my Husband.
• Donald H. Buttram
  How much do I love thee?
  Let me count the ways.
  I love thee to the depth
  and breadth and height my soul can reach
  Don is life itself-pure life,
  force, like sunlight-and it is
  for this that I married him
  and this that holds me to
  him-caring always, caring desperately
  what happens to him and whatever
  he happens to be involved in. 
• Involved me

Decendants of Julia Miller Buttrams                       

                                                                  
    1 Julia Miller 1916 - 1992                                    

   +William Buttram Sr 1913-1958                       

Cynthia Buttram 1937 -                                  
+Evert Dashiel 1947 -                                    
.              1St Husband                                                                
+Robert Walker                                             
 Tyrone Walker                                              
                   Gabriel Walker  (son of Tyrone)                                             

Rochelle Buttram 1940 -                                
+Mister Duncan                                              
 Genefer Duncan                                           
                *2nd Husband                                                              
+Donald Holman                                           
 Dawn Holman                                               

            Evelyn Buttram  Davis 1938 -                                    
+Wallace Davis 1929 -                                   

Donald Buttram 1942 -                                
          +Mej Toy Lee-Buttram                                       
Christopher Buttram 1965 -                            
                  Present Wife                                                      
 +Mell Buttram 1948 -                                  
    

 David Buttram 1947 -                                
+Denise Buttram                                       
 Marva Buttram 1984 -                             
       Dorian Jackson  1967                                   
           1st Wife                                                       
  David Buttram Jr 1976 -                        
 Myra Buttram 1978 -                             
      

Terry Buttram 1949 -                              
     Kebrana Julia Buttram 1989 -