Dougherty-Colquitt-Baker County GaArchives Obituaries.....Hughes,  Sr, Robert Allen December 17, 2002
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The Albany Herald - Obituaries
Robert Allen Hughes Sr.

CAMILLA — Robert Allen "Chief" Hughes Sr., 64, of Main Street, Newton, died 
Tuesday, December 17, 2002, at his residence.

Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Saturday at Parker-Bramlett Funeral Home with 
burial in Travelers Rest Church Cemetery. The Rev. Gene Gilbert, the Rev. Paul 
Irvin and the Rev. Olen Cain will officiate.

Pallbearers include Robert Hall, Mike Irvin, Kevin Coker, Tim Shiver, Chip 
Davis and Pete Rentz.

Born October 29, 1938, in Colquitt County, Mr. Hughes was a veteran of the U.S. 
Army and a member of Travelers Rest Freewill Baptist Church. He retired from 
the Newton Police Department as Chief of Police, after 29 years of service. Mr. 
Hughes was a member of the Georgia Peace Officers Association. He was the son 
of the late Henry Allen and Lizzie R. Rhodes Hughes. He was preceded in death 
by family members, James L., Lawton, Jefferson and Hopson Irvin.

Survivors include his wife, Marie Hughes of Newton; a son, Robert A. Hughes Jr. 
of Atlanta; a daughter, Loretta Hughes of Newton; a brother, Rhodes Hughes and 
wife, Martha of Albany; and their children, Dale and Tony of Atlanta, Charles 
and Pat Irvin Gibbs of Ashburn; two grandsons, Nicholas Allen Hughes and Clay 
Herring of Atlanta; and a godson, Ray Bailey II of Columbus, Ohio; a number of 
nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to Albany Community Hospice, P.O. Box 1828, Albany, GA 
31703 or American Cancer Society, c/o Frances Collins, Route 2 Box 45A, Leary, 
GA 31762.

Parker-Bramlett 

Funeral Home 

Camilla 229/336-5111 


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