Butler, Timmy R., 1957- interviewee. Bryan, Sarah, interviewer. Occupational Folklife Project, sponsor. sound recording Sound recordings. lcgft Digital photographs Color 2010-2020. gmgpc Interviews. lcgft Oral histories. lcgft Personal narratives. lcgft eng Funeral home owner Timmy Butler discusses the history of his family business, Butler & Son Funeral Home, in Clinton and Roseboro, North Carolina; his education and career; his father's work as a barber and entrepreneur; the rewards and difficulties of operating a family business; death and aging; faith; and how race and ethnicity can be factors in one's choice of funeral home. Recorded at Butler & Son Funeral Home, Clinton, North Carolina, July 10, 2017. Funeral services workers in the Carolinas, Archie Green Fellows Project, 2016-2017 (AFC 2016/037: 04002) Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. To honor the memory of Archie Green (1917-2009), a fellowship program was established at the American Folklife Center in 2010. Archie Green Fellowships support new research in the contemporary culture and traditions of American workers. Butler, Timmy R., 1957---Interviews. Children of working parents. Education. Family-owned business enterprises. Folklore. Job satisfaction. Manners and customs. Professional associations. Quality of products. Quality of work life. Racism in the workplace. Religious life. Self-employed. Sex role in the work environment. Small business. Social life and customs. Spiritual life. Work and family. Work environment. Work ethic. Rites and ceremonies. Racism. African Americans--Employment. African American businesspeople--Interviews. Public welfare. Families. Funeral rites and ceremonies--South Atlantic States. Undertakers and undertaking--South Atlantic States--Interviews. Clinton (N.C.), Funeral services workers in the Carolinas, Archie Green Fellows Project, 2016-2017 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2016037.afc2016037_04002_sr01 Collection is open for research. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at Duplication of collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.