Bessie Virginia Hutchinson

Funeral services for Bessie Virginia Hutchinson, 87, will be held at 11:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Blanchard, 201 Attaway St., Blanchard, Louisiana. A visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 2500 Southside Dr., Shreveport, Louisiana. Burial will be held at Forest Park West Cemetery in Shreveport, Louisiana. Officiating the service will be Brother Clay Fuqua. Bessie was born on June 15, 1934 in Mont Belvieu, Texas to Melvin May and Onie Sylvia Solice and passed away on Saturday, December 25, 2021 in Bossier City, Louisiana. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband of 57 years, Bill Hutchinson; sisters, Elsie Kaiser, Shirley McFarland and Hazel O'Quinn; brothers, Claude L. May, Harold May, Melvin Roy May, Charles May and David May. Left to cherish her memory are daughters, Jo Nunnery and Judy Martin; sister, Marie Lovejoy; brother, Willard; special family friend, Bob Walker and a host of other family members. Honoring Bessie as pallbearers will be Phil Nunnery, Beaux Nunnery, Neil Nunnery, Tristen Nunnery, Bubba Smith and Dustin Smith. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be Austin Smith and Bob Walker. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 or First Baptist of Blanchard, 201 Attaway St., Blanchard, LA 71009.