Beunah Hutchcraft, daughter of the late Sherman and Carrie Pendergrass Pippins, was born on April 26, 1922, in Bernie, Missouri and passed away on Monday, June 25, 2012, in the Golden Living Center in Dexter at the age of 90.

Mrs. Hutchcraft was a member of the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Dexter.  She worked as a housekeeper at Doctor’s Hospital in Poplar Bluff and as a sales clerk at Stovall’s Department Store in Dexter.  She was also a resident of Dexter.

She was united in marriage to Donald Hutchcraft on December 11, 1970, in Washington, Illinois.  Mr. Hutchcraft survives of the home in Dexter.

Besides her husband, she is survived by one daughter, Judy Passini of Mansfield, Texas and by one grandson, Robert Orrill of Mansfield, Texas.   

She was preceded in death by five brothers:  Rube Pippins, Herschel Pippins, Lloyd Pippins, Glenn Pippins and Junior Pippins; and by one sister, Norma Carson.

Friends may call from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m., Thursday, June 28, 2012 at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel in Dexter.  Services will then be conducted at 11 a.m., with Larry Thompson officiating.  Interment will follow in the Bernie Cemetery in Bernie, Missouri.