Samuel Butcher, the founder and designer of the collectible "Precious Moments" porcelain figurines, died at the age of 85 on Monday, the company announced in a statement. In a post shared to Facebook, ...

May 20—CARTHAGE, Mo. — Sam Butcher, an artist who helped put Carthage on the map as the founder of Precious Moments, has died. The Precious Moments Foundation announced on its Facebook page on Monday ...

Sam Butcher, the creator behind the iconic "Precious Moments" porcelain figurines, has died at the age of 85. Butcher died Monday surrounded by loved ones,” the company said in a Facebook post. The ...

CARTHAGE, Mo. - Samuel "Sam" Butcher, the artist and creator of the iconic collectibles company Precious Moments, has died. He was 85 years old. The company said in a Facebook post that he died early ...

CARTHAGE, Mo. — Sam Butcher, the artist who created the Precious Moments figurines depicting angelic teardrop-eyed children, has died. He was 85. The company said in a Facebook post that he died early ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CARTHAGE, Mo. (AP) — Sam Butcher, the artist ...

Precious Moments said that Butcher died Monday surrounded by loved ones at his house in Carthage, Missouri. The company said that Butcher’s life mission was “to share God’s gift of love with the world ...