Arthur Wayne Hutchcraft, son of the late Arthur Oren Hutchcraft and Flossie Bean Hutchcraft, was born on April 30, 1932 in Dexter and departed this life on May 2, 2016 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau at the age of 84. 

Mr. Hutchcraft attended the First Baptist Church in Dexter.  He had worked as a salesman for Medler-Davis Chevrolet in Dexter and was a veteran of the United States Air Force.

On December 30, 1952, he was united in marriage to Connie Wilkey in Piggott, Arkansas.  Mrs. Hutchcraft survives of their home in Dexter.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by three sons, Michael Hutchcraft and wife Lynn of Kuttawa, Kentucky, Tim Hutchcraft and wife Sandy of Dexter, Missouri and Jim Hutchcraft and wife Dena of Puxico, Missouri; by one brother, Robert C. Hutchcraft of Shawnee, Oklahoma; by one sister, Mary Butler of Killeen, Texas and by four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Ralph Duke Hutchcraft and Sessel Hutchcraft; and by one sister, Ruth Redman.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Wednesday, May 4, 2016 from 12:30 P.M. to 2:00 P.M. 

Funeral services will be conducted in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel at 2:00 P.M. with Rev. Greg McGhee officiating. 

Interment will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield.