Argie B. Lamb

Argie Butts-Lamb transitioned to be with the Lord on Thursday, October 9, 2025. She was a native of Elizabeth City, NC, born to Jethro and Flossy Beatrice Owens Butts who both preceded her in death. The native North Carolinian was a 1963 graduate of Crestwood High School in Chesapeake and received her Bachelor Degree in Business Education from Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, NC and also earned her Master's degree from George Washington University. She later taught in the Chesapeake School system retiring after 34 years of service. Ms. Argie, as she is known, joined St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church in 1968 and has been a very faithful member since joining. She has served on several ministries here at the church, which includes the Tribe of Dan, Relief Ushers and served as one of the first female Trustees of our church. She served faithfully as the Directress of Banquet Operations for the Edmonds Center from 2001 until her retirement in 2016. She was instrumental in the operations of the banquet facility and its day to day operations. Argie was blessed with many gifts that proved to be valuable to St. Mark and Edmonds Center. Due to her exemplary service, dedication, and attention to details, she labored lovingly and diligently to develop Edmonds Center from its inception to the elegant five-star banquet facility it is today. What a legacy! Argie has not only been a person willing to help out at her church but has helped other churches to establish their own banquet facilities by offering guidance whether in operations or design. She had a passion for collecting pigs and if you walked into her office at the Edmonds Center, you would find them on the desk, in a picture or just peeping at you from the stairs leading to the storage area in her office. She also loved the Commanders Football team and baking, which we looked forward to especially at Christmas when there were always cakes and cookies around, and it was nothing to receive the gift of a Christmas train made of lifesavers, chewing gum and peppermint candy which would remind you of her whimsical side of life. Besides her parents Jethro and Flossy Butts, she was also preceded in death by her sisters: Mildred Butts and Olivia Vernell Jennings; her brothers: Alfred and Clifton Butts; sisters-in-law: Elaine Fonville (Willie), Dorothy Mae Clemons (Morris), Georgia Brenda Butts and Lillian Butts and brother-in-law: James L. Lamb, Jr. Argie leaves to cherish beautiful memories, a lovingly devoted husband Clarence (Chico) E. Lamb: bonus children: Eric Lamb (Wanda), Marcia Lamb-Pope and Stephen Lambs; a loving twin brother Otis Butts and a host of goddaughters. Her memory will also be cherished by sisters-in-law: Bessie L. Tanner, Norma Lee Lamb, Willie Mae Butts and Bertha Lamb; brother-in-law: William Lamb (Judy), and a host of beloved grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, former students and friends in Christ. Argie was a lady full of grace, humility and soft spoken but would not mind correcting when necessary. Ms. Argie was not only supportive of her immediate family but by all who came in know her. Everyone was her child and individually you felt that love from her. From family, friends, students and even the young people at St. Mark, you knew Ms. Argie was there with a listening ear. She will truly be missed in the foot print of the church and the community she lived in.

Argie B. Lamb

November 7, 1945 - October 9, 2025