Funeral services for Mike Hutchison, 62, of Mabank will be held 1 p.m. Thursday, March 28, 2013 at First Baptist Church of Mabank. Burial will follow at Oaklawn Cemetery in Mabank.
Mike Hutchison was born on Sept. 8, 1950 in Kaufman to the home of Jessie and Marie (Heffington) Hutchison, and passed away on March 26, 2013 in Tyler.
For the first 50 years of his life he lived within one block of the house in which he grew up. He graduated from Mabank High School in 1969. While still in high school he worked for Hyde’s Furniture in downtown Mabank and stayed there for 28 years until it closed in the early 2000s. He spent seven years working at Groom and Son Hardware until he found his niche in insurance. At the time of his death, he was working at McAfee Insurance in downtown Mabank.
Hutch served six years on the Mabank ISD Board of Trustees from 1995 to 2000 and 13 years on the HCAD Board.
He is preceded in death by his parents, sister Reba Morton; brothers Jerry Dewayne Hutchison and Jess, Jr. Hutchison.
Left to cherish his memory is the love of his life, Janice, whom he married on June 16, 1989 and his children Stephanine Stewart and husband Chris of Scurry, Kristen Meine of Gun Barrel City, Brad Harris and wife Stacy of Longview, Lisa Burton and husband Eric of Burleson; sisters Martha LaRue and husband Mike of Mabank, and Patricia Cope of Arkansas; 11 grandkids, numerous nieces, nephews and many many friends.
Visitation was 6-8 p.m. Thursday, March 27, 2013 from at Moorhead Epps Funeral Home.