Obituaries: Ruth Helen Hughes, 1980, Winn Parish, LA. Submitted by Sue Elizabeth (Smith) Badeaux, 25760 Winter Street, Plaquemine, LA 70764 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** From: July 16, 1980 Winn Parish Enterprise & Winnfield News-American Mrs. R. Hughes Services for Ruth Helen Hughes, 73, of Jonesboro were held at 2 p.m. Sunday in Southern Funeral Home Chapel in Jonesboro with the Revs. Odis Knapp and Charles Henderson. Burial was in Beech Springs Cemetery. Mrs. Hughes died Friday July 11, 1980 in Lincoln General Hospital in Ruston after a short illness. Survivors include one son, James W. Hughes of West Monroe; five daughters, Mrs. Gertrude Maxwell of Jonesboro, Mrs. Margie L. Poisso of Winnfield, Marie Hughes and Mrs. Alta Sanderson both of Choudrant, and Miss Glenda Hughes of West Monroe; two brothers, Ratheal Duck of Jonesboro and Grady Duck of Quitman; two sisters, Mrs. Melba Whitten and Mrs. Lorraine Wages, both of Quitman, 12 grandchildren and 13 great- grandchildren.