William Hutchins

William Harvey Hutchins was reunited with the love of his life on November 11, 2023. He was born December 20. 1953 in Texas City, Texas to Leo and Willie May Adams Hutchins. He was the eighth of nine children. William Hutchins would eventually earn the family name of "Hutch" later in life. Hutch was intelligent and often found himself in trouble at school for turning in paper that were too long, papers written backwards, or in a mirror image. Hutch had a head in the cloud's personality and creative nature. He liked to fix things. He graduated from Spruce High School in Dallas in 1972. Hutch loved to read and work with and on computers. He met the loved of his life and future wife Susi through his youth group at Metropolitan Tabernacle in Dallas. Susi was friends with Hutch's sister, Theresa. Hutch quickly fell in love with Susi's singing, they were both in the choir and recorded a vinyl record with the youth group called The Happy Side. Hutch and Susi started dating, fell in love, got engaged and eloped on March 27, 1973. Hutch traveled to London and was in the movie "On Trial Lee Harvey Ozwald" 86 London weekend TV Studios by Showtime. The couple worked and purchased a home in Mesquite, Texas. They adopted their first daughter, Rebekah in 1982. Five years later in 1987 they adopted a second daughter Mari. They continued to be active in Metropolitan Tabernacle where they met and raised their children in church. Hutch loved many things like mountain climbing and hiking in Oklahoma. They would often go camping as a family in State Parks, fishing with a cane pole, canoeing or relaxing and reading a good book. He supported Susi in all her endeavors and loved to watch her sing and perform with "The Sweet Adelines Group" As the kids got older, they were able to adventure again whenever they would travel and take cruises. Hutch loved the water and new places. If her couldn't travel he would float away in a book or movie, western, Sci-Fi, Star War, Star Trek and anything Dr Who. Hutch worked as a warehouse and freezer manager for Schwan's until 1999, then in 2004 they moved to Corsicana where they attended Calvary Worship. He enjoyed the retirement life, packing Susi lunches, yardwork and computer games, like solitaire, bejeweled and peggle. After Susi passed away Hutch did lots of traveling. One particular long trip took three months; he drove to the tip of Alaskan Peninsula, well almost, he stopped four miles shy of Hwy 1 because he wouldn't pay for the hotel after the tide came in that evening. Hutch also liked to write poetry and published some of his works in International Society of Poets. When he returned from his trip, he would often sit on the computer researching topics he found interesting, following stock and writing. His grandchildren called him Poppo and he would share his shows or computer games to spend time with them. He also enjoyed cigars and Little Debbie snacks which helped him stay in shape to serve as Santa for a few seasons in a beautiful handmade suit his sister Charolette made for him. Hutch finally quit smoking in 2021 and began to get healthy. He was very proud of his weight loss and showed it off by wearing his favorite suit that he hadn't worn in twenty plus years. He stayed fairly tech savvy, texting, found Amazon and emojis, so he would text with 😎(sunshades) and 🧙♂️(wizard) emojis. Hutch was a self-described hermit, but he loved his family relentlessly. He was proud of the children he raised and the grandchildren he loved. He wanted happiness for his family, his brothers and sisters, their families and their family's family. Hutch is preceded in death by his wife Susi (King) Hutchins, his parents Leo and Willie Mae, three sisters Nora Tatum, Charolette Stovall and Betty Dortch, one brother Charles Hutchin. He is survived by three brothers, David Hutchins, Clint Hutchins, Aubrey Hutchins. One sister Theresa Chaney. His daughters Rebekah Smith and husband Robert, Mari Veenstra and husband Christopher. Granddaughters, Rayven Revill and husband Lincoln, Kelsey Shreves. Grandsons, Andrew Smith and Grayson Veenstra. One great grandchild will arrive in February 2024, Baby Revill. Visitation will be held 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Friday, November 17, 2023 at Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home. Funeral Service will follow at 4:00 pm in the Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Gary Johnson officiating. In lieu of flowers, please consider making donations to Hidden Acres PO Box 901 Kaufman, Texas 75142-0901; www.hiddenacres.org.

William Hutchins

December 27, 1953 - November 11, 2023