Samuel Travis Hutchinson, 91, passed away on Sunday, April 21, 2024, at the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Friday, April 26 at Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church in the Panhandle Community of Choctaw County with Bro. Roger Griffith officiating. Visitation will be the day of the service at the church from 1:30 p.m. until service time with burial immediately following in the church cemetery. Nowell-Massey Funeral Home of Louisville is in charge of arrangements.
Travis was born on July 30, 1932, to Kenneth William and Annie Mae Sloan Hutchinson. He married Earline White on July 4, 1962. Travis is a member of Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church. He attended Panhandle School, then Weir High School where he lettered in football and graduated in 1951. He lived in the Panhandle Community for most of his life, except for four years when living in Peoria, Illinois, working for Caterpillar Corporation. He served in the United States Army at Fort Hood, Texas, from 1953 to 1955, then he served in the Army Reserve. Travis was a mechanic at the Ford dealership in Louisville and was a retired appliance repairman having worked in Louisville for King Auto and Appliance Company then as a self-employed repairman. He owned Big T’s Goat Farm and enjoyed going to goat sales around the state. Over the years he raised cows, horses, goats, sheep, and chickens. Before the Covid pandemic, he could be found at the Kosciusko sale barn every Wednesday. He also loved deer hunting, especially from his recliner.
Travis was preceded in death by his parents; his wife of 50 years, Earline White Hutchinson; brothers, Troy Hutchinson and Billy Hutchinson; grandparents, Sameul Alexander and Cammie Stevenson Sloan; and Robert Hannah “Bob” and Celia Etta Quarles Hutchinson. He is survived by a niece, Juli Hutchinson Hughes (Mike); great-nephew, Scott (Shelley) Hughes; and a great-great niece and nephew. He is also survived by his wife’s family, brother-in-law, Travis White; sister-in-law, Marvel White Thompson; and nephews, Chris White and Michael Allen.
The family would like to thank three special VA nurses, Candance Ables, Betty Bentley, and Cynthia Jones for their wonderful care these last few years.
Serving as pallbearers are Mike Hughes, Scott Hughes, Anthony Sloan, Tony Sloan, Chris White, and Patrick Reed. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Mt. Zion Cemetery Fund, c/o Brenda Cagle, 199 Gordon Road, McCool, MS 39108 or Choctaw Baptist Food Ministry,
