San Joaquin County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Hughes, Larry Levonn, Jr. May 17 2004
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Originally published in the Tracy Press on Saturday, May 22, 2004.
Larry Levonn Hughes Jr.
Sept. 9, 1966 — May 17, 2004
Services were Friday for Tracy resident Larry Levonn Hughes Jr., 37, who died 
Monday in a fishing accident in Manteca.
Mr. Hughes was fishing with his two sons, ages 8 and 3, when he fell overboard 
and drowned in Whiskey Slough.
Born in Mobile, Ala., Mr. Hughes moved to Tracy nine years ago. Mr. Hughes 
served in the U.S. Marine Corps four years and was honorably discharged in 
1993. 
He worked as a group leader for Fuel Total Systems California Inc., a Toyota 
subsidiary, in Lathrop.
Mr. Hughes graduated from Carlmont High School in Belmont in 1985.
He enjoyed camping and fishing, and even though he usually didn’t catch 
anything, he always good-naturedly endured his family’s joking, they recalled. 
Ironically, on the day of the fatal trip, his eldest son proudly caught a fish.
Mr. Hughes was very active in his church, Good News Missionary Baptist Church 
in Tracy, where he served for two years as president of the Usher Board.
A devoted family man, he called his wife and children his greatest pride in 
life. His dream was to see his children go to college.
He is survived by his wife of 10 years, Sonya Hughes, of Tracy; two sons, 
Montel Julius and Malon Andre Hughes, both of Tracy; a daughter, Jasmine L. 
Hughes of Fairfield; his father, Larry Hughes Sr., and his wife, Joann, of 
North Carolina; his mother, Elvira Lang, and her husband, Jimmy, of Alabama; 
two brothers, Shawn Hughes of North Carolina and Joseph Edwards of Alabama; 
three sisters, P.T. Faye Wright of South Carolina, Cynthia Scott of Tracy and 
Melvina Holloway of Ala.; and numerous uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces, cousins 
and friends, who will all miss him greatly.
A celebration of life was held Friday at Good News Missionary Baptist Church.
Evins Funeral Home, 1219 Seventh St., in Modesto, handled arrangements.
Memorial contributions in Mr. Hughes’ name may be made to a trust fund that has 
been set up for his children at Union Bank of California, 1950 W. 11th St., 
Tracy 95376.


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