Merle Hutchins, age 63, a Chipley native and a resident of Arizona, passed away Thursday, Dec 24, 1998 in the Benton Hospital in Arizona.

	Merele was a star football player on Chipley High School's undefeated 1952 and 1953 teams.  They have many friends in this area who extended sympathy to all surviving family members.

	He is survived by his wife: Evelyn; three stepdaughters; sister: Better and a twin brother Earl.

SOURCE:  Holmes County Advertiser/Washington County Post, Wednesday, January 13, 1999, page 19