FORMER RITCHIE SUPERINTENDENT KILLED IN GILMER ACCIDENT

(09/24/2009)
Former Ritchie County superintendent of schools Richard Butler was killed Tuesday when a tractor rolled-over on him at Normantown, Gilmer County.

Gilmer County Sheriff Mickey Metz said he believed Butler was riding the tractor on his farm.

Butler was well-known to Gilmer County, and had served the Ritchie County and Wood County school systems.