Vicki Gayle Hutchison

Vicki Hutchison Bedford passed away Monday, May 17, 2021 at Circle of Life Hospice in Springdale, Arkansas. She was born April 28, 1955 in Fayetteville AR to Dale Ormand Hutchison and Yvonne Baker Hutchison.

Vicki was a faithful Christian, a devoted wife and mother, and a gifted church musician and composer. She played the piano with skill and grace, sang beautifully, and composed or arranged numerous songs and hymns glorifying the Lord. She played and sang in churches and auditoriums across the country and internationally for revivals, camp meetings, special occasions, Bible studies, speaker events, conferences, and symposiums. Her music touched and inspired countless lives around the world. She performed with renowned gospel groups including The Merits and the Arkansas Master’s Singers, and was honored to be a member of the prestigious American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). Her compositions were selected for distribution by several of the largest church music publishers in the world and her music has been performed by choirs and ensembles in local and global venues.

She was preceded in death by her father and a great-granddaughter Abby Lynn Benish. Survivors include her loving husband Jack Bedford; her mother Yvonne; her sister Colette Schenewerk and her husband Philip of Farmington AR; her brother Russell of Farmington AR; her daughters, Rhonda Bedford Adams and her husband Charles of Tampa FL, Karla Bedford Long and her husband Danny of Farmington AR, and Connie Bedford Campbell and her husband Craig of Russellville AR; her son Ronny Bedford and his wife Lisa of Houston TX; ten grandchildren, Amanda Adams, Allison and Joshua Henson, Cassy and Rusty Story, Stacy and Alex Floyd, Wesley and Hayley Long, Amy and Nik Kirby, Cody and Megan Campbell, Andrew and Morgan Campbell, Gracie Campbell, and Caleb Campbell; four nieces, Kate and James Quadrizius, Brynn Hutchison, Laura Reynolds, and Suzanne Schenewerk; her nephew Will Hutchison; twelve great-grandchildren, Sullivan Henson, Savannah Henson, Rahely Floyd, Linley Floyd, Westin Floyd, Hudson Story, Harper Story, Millie Long, Benton Long, Campbell Kirby, Kai Campbell, and Andrew Campbell; two great-nieces, Miriam Quadrizius and Lydia Quadrizius; and two great-nephews, Wesley Quadrizius and Peter Quadrizius.

Visitation will be at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 20, 2021, at Luginbuel Funeral Home, Prairie Grove AR; burial will be at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, May 21, 2021, at Farmington Cemetery; and a Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, May 21, 2021, at University Baptist Church in Fayetteville AR.