William Edward Hutchison, Jr., age 76, of Picayune, Mississippi passed away Friday, June 19, 2015.

Visitation will be held Wednesday, June 24, 2015 from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at Picayune Funeral Home. Funeral services will follow at 11:00 a.m. at Picayune Funeral Home Chapel. Entombment will be held at Memorial Gardens Mausoleum.

Mr. Hutchison was a retired Major in the Louisiana Army National Guard.

He is survived by two sons, Dewayne (Martha) Hutchison of Carriere, and Norman Edward Hutchison; one brother, David Hutchison of Slidell, Louisiana; two sisters, Betty Able of Slidell, Louisiana, and Mary DiChiara of Slidell, Louisiana; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and wife Mary Ann Hutchison of Culpepper, Virginia.

He is preceded in death by his parents, William E. Hutchison, Sr. and Virginia Hutchison; wife, Eva Joyce Hutchison; son, William Henry Hutchison; daughter, Joyce Lynn Whaley; brothers, Jim Hutchison, Jack Hutchison, and Phillip Hutchison.