Gene Hutcherson

Mr. Gene Hutcherson, 69, of South Fulton died 6:31 a.m. Thursday, June 29, 2017, at his home.
Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Thursday at Greater Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, located at 500 Mears St. in Fulton. The Revs. Jessie J. Johnson, Anthony Johnson and Calvin R. Cole Sr. will officiate. Interment will follow at Greenlea Cemetery near Fulton.
Pallbearers will be Harold Ligon, Eric Hutcherson, Aundrey Ligon Jr., Harold Hutcherson, Cory Algee, Chris Johnson, Chad Holliman, Ben Vaughn Sr. and Terry Hutcherson. Honorary pallbearers will be Greg Evans, Vernell Tharp Jr., George Bean, Godfrey Jones, Elbert Jack Vaughn, Egbert Tharp, Sam McManus and Larry McKinney.
Visitation will be held at the church from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday and from noon to 1:50 p.m. Thursday.
Gene was a membr of Greater Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Fulton, where he sang in the choir. He was a member of Jacksonville Lodge No. 50 Free & Accepted Masons, (P.H.A.) in South Fulton  and Ken-Tenn Homecoming and Reunion Inc. He attended the former Milton School in Fulton.
Masonic rites will also be conducted 7 p.m. Wednesday at the church.
His hobbies were collecting hats, attending family reunions, his family and his Masonic family.
He was the son of the late Mrs. Ida Mae Johnson Hutcherson and Mr. Wayne Hutcherson of Fulton.
He is also survived by two brothers, Harry W. Hutcherson of South Fulton and Shawn Hutcherson of California; four sisters, Joann (John) Algee and Judy Holliman, both of South Fulton, Myra Ligon of Paducah, Ky., and Beverly Pledge of Fulton; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was preceeded in death by his mother; three brothers, Greg, Larry and Anthony Hutcherson; one brother-in-law; and one nephew.
Pettus-Rowland Funeral Home, located at 1229 Madison St., Paducah, Ky., is in charge of the arrangements.
Published 7.3.17