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Richard Hudson Jr.

Richard Hudson Jr. died Sunday, Sept. 21, 2003, at River Region Medical Center. He was 70.

Mr. Hudson was a member of Mount Givens M.B. Church, where he served on the usher board. He was a veteran of the Army.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Annie E. Hudson.

He is survived by four sons, Dennis C. Hudson, Richard Hudson III and Gerald W. Hudson, all of Vicksburg, and Larry E. Hudson of Memphis; three sisters, Bertha Drake and Ernestine Greene, both of Vicksburg, and Celestine Hall of Saginaw, Mich.; and six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and other relatives.

Dillon-Chisley Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.