Mr. Louis Cardell (Butch) Chassereau, age 85, of Trion, GA., passed away Tuesday November 18, 2008, at his residence. Mr. Chassereau was born August 3, 1923, in Tarboro N.C., the son of the late Owen and Elizabeth Kinsey Chassereau. He was a retired textile worker, a veteran of WWII having served in the U.S. Navy, and was a member of the Harrell Street Church of God, He was preceded in death by 2 sons, Melvin Chassereu, and Tim Brown.

Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Ann Chassereau, children, Glenn Chassereau, Charlotte, N.C., Rusty Brown, Trion, GA., Doris Woody , Gastonia, N.C., Patricia Mayes, Greer, S.C., 11 grandchildren,3 great-grand children. Funeral service will be held 1:00 p.m. Thursday November 20, 2008 from the Harrell Street Church of God with Rev. Denny Smith & Rev. Todd Smith officiating interment in the Ridgeway Cemetery with full military honors provided by the American Legion Shanklin-Attaway Post number 5 of Rome, GA. Active pallbearers Pete Hampton, Dewayne Hampton, Charles Toles, Thomas Hamilton, Chip Landreth, Tony Scott. Mr. Chassereua will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m.