Jerry L. Hutchinson Jr. was born April 18, 1960 in Portageville, Missouri to Lodema (Hurley) Hutchinson and Virgil Jerome Hutchinson. He died Friday November 12, 2010 in Tucson Arizona at the age of 50 years, 6 months and 25 days. He graduated from Ritenour Senior High School in St. Louis Mo in 1978 and went on to graduate from University of Missouri St. Louis. He loved the outdoors and was an avid bicyclist and loved being a father to his 4 year old son. He occasionally taught special needs and learning disabled children. Preceding him in death was his mother, Lodema Hutchinson; maternal grandparents Roy & Sybil Hurley; fraternal grandparents Carl & Virginia Hutchinson. He is survived by his son Tristan Hutchinson of Tucson AZ; father, Virgil Hutchinson of Crestview FL; brother, Barry Hutchinson of Macon GA; and two nieces, Rebecca Hutchinson of Nashville TN and Leslie Hutchinson of Macon GA.