From Tallulah Madison Journal, December 1966
Funeral Services Held Saturday for R. V. Hughes
Funeral services for Richard Velmar Hughes, 72, who died last Friday at a Vicksburg hospital
after a short illness were held at 10 a. m. last Saturday at the Chapel of Crothers' Funeral Home.
Services were conducted by the Rev. John Hurt. Burial followed n in Silver Cross cemetery under the
direction of Crothers' Funeral Home.
Mr. Hughes had resided in Tallulah for the past 27 years, was a native of Smith County, Miss.
He was a retired foreman of the Chicago Mill Lumber Co.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Sally Hughes, Tallulah; two sons, Jack Hughes, Greenwood, Miss.;
W. L. Hughes, Dallas, Texas, one daughter, Mrs. Jack Byrom, Memphis, Tenn; nine grandchildren and
one great-grandchild.
Pallbearers were Don Belott, J. T. McClure, O. D. Creed, Martin Pemberton, Roy McCaa and J. B. McKnight.
Funeral Services Held Saturday for R. V. Hughes
Funeral services for Richard Velmar Hughes, 72, who died last Friday at a Vicksburg hospital
after a short illness were held at 10 a. m. last Saturday at the Chapel of Crothers' Funeral Home.
Services were conducted by the Rev. John Hurt. Burial followed n in Silver Cross cemetery under the
direction of Crothers' Funeral Home.
Mr. Hughes had resided in Tallulah for the past 27 years, was a native of Smith County, Miss.
He was a retired foreman of the Chicago Mill Lumber Co.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Sally Hughes, Tallulah; two sons, Jack Hughes, Greenwood, Miss.;
W. L. Hughes, Dallas, Texas, one daughter, Mrs. Jack Byrom, Memphis, Tenn; nine grandchildren and
one great-grandchild.
Pallbearers were Don Belott, J. T. McClure, O. D. Creed, Martin Pemberton, Roy McCaa and J. B. McKnight.
From Tallulah Madison Journal, December 1966
Funeral Services Held Saturday for R. V. Hughes
Funeral services for Richard Velmar Hughes, 72, who died last Friday at a Vicksburg hospital
after a short illness were held at 10 a. m. last Saturday at the Chapel of Crothers' Funeral Home.
Services were conducted by the Rev. John Hurt. Burial followed n in Silver Cross cemetery under the
direction of Crothers' Funeral Home.
Mr. Hughes had resided in Tallulah for the past 27 years, was a native of Smith County, Miss.
He was a retired foreman of the Chicago Mill Lumber Co.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Sally Hughes, Tallulah; two sons, Jack Hughes, Greenwood, Miss.;
W. L. Hughes, Dallas, Texas, one daughter, Mrs. Jack Byrom, Memphis, Tenn; nine grandchildren and
one great-grandchild.
Pallbearers were Don Belott, J. T. McClure, O. D. Creed, Martin Pemberton, Roy McCaa and J. B. McKnight.
Funeral Services Held Saturday for R. V. Hughes
Funeral services for Richard Velmar Hughes, 72, who died last Friday at a Vicksburg hospital
after a short illness were held at 10 a. m. last Saturday at the Chapel of Crothers' Funeral Home.
Services were conducted by the Rev. John Hurt. Burial followed n in Silver Cross cemetery under the
direction of Crothers' Funeral Home.
Mr. Hughes had resided in Tallulah for the past 27 years, was a native of Smith County, Miss.
He was a retired foreman of the Chicago Mill Lumber Co.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Sally Hughes, Tallulah; two sons, Jack Hughes, Greenwood, Miss.;
W. L. Hughes, Dallas, Texas, one daughter, Mrs. Jack Byrom, Memphis, Tenn; nine grandchildren and
one great-grandchild.
Pallbearers were Don Belott, J. T. McClure, O. D. Creed, Martin Pemberton, Roy McCaa and J. B. McKnight.
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