The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, September 10, 1996           TAG: 9609100224
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                        LENGTH:   19 lines

W. ELVIN HUTCHINS

Dr. William Elvin Hutchins, 97, of the 4400 block of Faigle Road, died Sept. 9, 1996, in a Portsmouth hospital.

Dr. Hutchins, a native of Portsmouth, was retired as a podiatrist after 61 years of practice. He was a life member of the American Podiatry Medical Association and was a member of Monumental United Methodist Church. He was a member of Seaboard Masonic Lodge 56; Portsmouth Scottish Rite Bodies; and Khedive Temple Shrine.

Survivors include his wife, Charlotte Culpepper Hutchins.

A graveside funeral will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday by the Rev. Raymond H. Edmonds in Olive Branch Cemetery. Foster Funeral Home, Portsmouth, is handling arrangements.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB