BUDDY CLUTTS

OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Gerald E. "Buddy" Clutts, 72, of Olive Branch died Tuesday, May 12, 1998, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

He was born Oct. 9, 1925, in Thebes, son of Gerald D. and Edith Brown Clutts. He and Mary Elnora Jordan were married in 1946. She died in 1979. He married Bernice Levil Bledsoe in 1990.

Clutts had farmed in Alexander County, and operated the Marlin Hunting Club. He was a member of Caledonia Lodge 47 AF&AM, and was active in community and civic organizations.

Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Susie Mills of Murphysboro; a son, Jerry Clutts of Thebes; two stepsons, Kim and Lex Bledsoe of Olive Branch; a stepdaughter, Cynthia Adams of Cape Girardeau; a sister, June Wehlage of St. Louis; and two granddaughters.

Friends may call at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms from 5-8 p.m. today. A Masonic service will be held at 7.

Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Billy Don Heady officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery at Thebes.