Several hundred members of law enforcement and the community joined the family of Navasota Police Sgt. Mark Butler at Central Church in College Station on Friday to remember the life of the man who died in the line of duty when he stopped an escaping fugitive driving southbound in the northbound lanes of Texas 6.
Butler was remembered by Central Church lead pastor Phillip Bethancourt as a man whom God had given three things that made him the right man to serve in police. Bethancourt described Butler as a man of strength, a man of service and a man of sacrifice. God prepared a man for the moment.
Mark got that call, and he launched onto Highway 6. Pallbearers escort the casket following the funeral service of Navasota Police Sgt. Butler was killed Jan. She crossed into the northbound lanes just south of College Station and made it to FM in Navasota before Butler put his squad car in her way, killing both and perhaps saving the lives of other drivers. He was just five months away from turning 35 on June A Navasota police officer is embraced following the funeral service of Navasota Police Sgt.
A gun salute is fired during the funeral service of Navasota Police Sgt. Butler leaves behind a widow and two sons. The processional arrives for the funeral service of Navasota Police Sgt. While the entire Navasota Police Department was at the church, their watch over the city was being taken up by members of a variety of agencies including College Station PD. The day was a celebration of the life Butler lived and the legacy he left behind.
We were able to answer that call from Navasota. Among the honor guard was a Pipe and Drum band made up of members of law enforcement from 10 different agencies around the state including Austin and Fort Worth PD and TCU PD members who wore Scottish kilts and played bagpipes and drums, a traditional part of law enforcement funerals.
