Augusta, GA – Mrs. Dixie Ann Atkins, 66, wife of Mr. Billy R. Atkins of Virginia Ave., entered into rest Wednesday, July 14, 2010, at her residence.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 17, 2010, at 11:00 A.M., from the chapel of Chance and Hydrick Funeral Directors with the Reverend Frank Thigpen officiating. Interment will follow in Hillcrest Memorial Park.
Mrs. Atkins, a native and lifelong resident of Augusta was the daughter of the late Albert and Pearl Davis Ruffin. She was a loving mother and grandmother and a good wife. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith.
In addtion to her husband Mrs. Atkins is survived by her children and their spouses, Cathy and Eric Howard of Martinez and Chuck and Tammi Atkins of Grovetown; a sister, Lucille Ruffin, of Grovetown; and three grandchildren, Amanda Howard, Travis Howard and Ashley Atkins.
Active pallbearers will be James Paul, Tommy Fennell, Robert Cheek, Barry James, Jeff Hadden and Chris Redmond.
The family will receive friends Friday from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. at the funeral home.
Chance & Hydrick Funeral Directors, 2502 Richmond Hill Rd, Augusta, GA, 30906.

Hephzibah, GA – Jenny Lynn Hutto, 46, wife of the late Wesley Thomas Hutto, of Brown Road, entered into rest Tuesday, July 13, 2010, at the Medical College of Georgia.

Memorial services will be held Saturday, July 17, 2010, at 1:00 P.M., at Hillcrest Baptist Church, with Dr. L. Gordon Robinson and Rev Billy Turner officiating.

Mrs. Hutto was a native and lifelong resident of Hephzibah. She was a homemaker, a member of Pine Hill Baptist Church, a former member of Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church and was currently attending Hillcrest Baptist Church. She was a loving, giving person who loved helping others and who loved animals, especially Tippy and Midnight.

Mrs. Hutto is survived by her parents, John William and Amelia Frances McDade Goodin of Hephzibah; her children, John Raymond “J.R.” Hutto and Shannon Lynn Odom  both of Hephzibah; her brother and sister-in-law, John Chester “J.C.” and Kay Goodin of Aiken, SC; and her sister and brother-in-law, Kathy and Keith Sessler of Luray, VA.

Honorary pallbearers will be Daniel Odom, Patrick Meyer, James Daniels, Cheryl Hutchins, Kathy Kershner, Monica Warner, Brooke Stringfellow, and Dawn Howell.

The family will receive friends Friday from 6:00 until 8:00 at the funeral home and a celebration of Mrs. Hutto’s life will be held at her home on Saturday evening beginning at 6:00 P.M.

Memorial contributions may be made in Mrs. Hutto’s memory and mailed to the family in care of Shannon Odom, 1545 Brown Rd, Hephzibah, GA 30815.

Chance & Hydrick Funeral Directors, 2502 Richmond Hill Rd, Augusta, GA, 30906.