

  <p>Hissom, Davy Joe</p>
  <p>Passed: 1987-05-18</p>
  <p>Age: </p>


  <p>Source: Jackson Herald</p>

  <p>Death Notice: 1987-05-20</p>

  <p>Obituary Date: </p>
  <p>Information: CRASH CLAIMS TV EVANGELIST - Television evangelist Davey Joe Hissom, leader of Charleston&#39;s New Life Church, was one of four people who died Monday evening when their twin-engine plane crashed in a rural Ohio cornfield.  Also identified as victims were the plane&#39;s owner and pilot, Russell Dean Coleman, an evangelist from Craigsville; Earl W. Mullins, a real estate broker; and Fred A. Bailey, an associate pastor at Hissom&#39;s church.  The Cessna 377 nose-dived in a field of newly sprouted corn 10 to 15 miles west of Hamilton, in southwest Ohio, about 6:55 p.m., killing everyone aboard.  Hissom&#39;s brother, Jim Hissom, said the group was returning from Cincinnati, where they had been looking at the design of a church.  Hissom&#39;s wife of 17 years, Rhonda, is a native of the Kenna area.  Just last month, Hissom conducted evangelist serrvices at the New Life Church in Ripley.  According to a spokesperson at the New Life Church, visitation for Hissom, Bailey and Mullins has been set for Thursday, 6-9 p.m. at the church. Funeral services have been scheduled for Friday at 2 p.m.. at the Charleston Civic Center&#39;s old coliseum.</p>


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