Emmett Ethridge Butler
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Emmett Ethridge Butler (1908-1955) was a physician practicing in Gainesville, Georgia.
He was born in Jefferson and grew up in Macon.[1] He was a graduate of Morehouse College. He received his M.D. from Meharry Medical College in 1934.[2]
He was the first African-American to be appointed to the Gainesville Board of Education.[3]
He died on May 5, 1955, of carcinoma of the stomach.[2]
Shortly after his death a segregated school was renamed after him. Today the E.E. Butler Parkway in Gainesville is named after him.[4]
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