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- THE REV. ALAN BRADFORD HUTCHINSON - Fall River
01:00 AM EST on Wednesday, November 12, 2003
THE REV. ALAN BRADFORD HUTCHINSON, 76, of 36 Ray St., a
a minister in Burrillville and Connecticut, and a social-services
director, before he retired, died Saturday at Adams House.
He was the husband of Muriel S. (Johnson) Hutchinson. Born in Fall
River, a son of the late William and Doris B. (Hart) Huthinson, he had
lived in Fall River, Boston, New Fairfield, Conn., Providence and
Bristol, before returning to Fall River eight years ago.
The Rev. Mr. Hutchinson had served as the pastor of the First
Universalist Church in Burrillville for more than 25 years, until
retiring in 1992. He previously had been the pastor of the
Congregational Church in New Fairfield, and a chaplain at the Federal
Correctional
Institute in Danbury, Conn.
Meanwhile, he also had served as the director of social services at
the Blackstone Valley Community Action Program-Head Start for 10
years, and administator of community support services at The
Providence Center for 20 years, before retiring in 1992.
And he had been an instructor in social services at the University of
Rhode Island's College of Continuing Education.
The Rev. Mr. Hutchinson was a Fellow of the American Orthopsychiatric
Association, a clinical diplomate of the National Association of
Social Workers, and a member of the American Group Psychotherapy
Association, the Academy of Certified Social Workers, the American
Correctional Chaplains Association and the
Ballou-Channing Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association.
A graduate of BMC Durfee High School, he received an associate's
degree Brown University; a bachelor's degree in divinity from Andover
Newton Theological Seminary; master's degrees from Columbia University
and Danbury State College; a master of social work degree
from Boston College; and a doctoral degree from the University of
Tennessee. He was a member of Phi Delta Kappa.
The Rev. Mr. Hutchinson was a member of the First Congregational
Church, in Fall River.
He also was a member of the Brown University Club, the Bristol Yacht
Club, and the Society of Mayflower Descendants.
Besides his wife, he leaves a daughter, Julianna E. Hutchinson of
Bristol; three stepsons, Harry Johnson of Warren, Carl Johnson of
Alexandria, Va., and Eric Johnson of Bristol; a stepdaughter, Merrily
Wilbur of Exeter; a sister, Edna H. Hutchinson of Fall River;
seven step-grandchildren; and a step-great-grandson.
The memorial service will be held on Nov. 22 at 2 p.m. in the First
Congregational Church, 282 Rock St. Burial will be private.
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