Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Hughes, Joe Louis March 19, 2022 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Patricia Currigan currigan1932@comcast.net March 17, 2023, 3:39 pm Ionia Shopper's Guide - Sat. March 26, 2022 HUGHES Joe Louis Hughes age 80 of Ionia, passed away March 19, 2022. He was born July 18, 1941 the son of Roosevelt and Ethel Mae (Hardiman)Hughes.Joe was born in Phillips County, Arkansas and moved to Grand Rapids with his family when he was a teenager.Joe sang in a church choir and loved playing guitar. He worked at Grand Rapids Smelting Company making molds until it went out of business.Later he moved to Ionia where he married Penny L.Deane.He enjoyed fishing and was always willing to lend a helping hand and volunteered for eight Cap where he was honored for 30 years of service to them. Surviving is his wife, Penny Hughes of Ionia. Son Steven Howard Deane of Ionia. Brother, Kerry (Margaret) Hughes; sisters, Gloria McIntosh, Mozella Hughes and Mary Lou (Billy) and several brothers and sisters-n-law and nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Roosevelt, Arion, Eddie, Troy, Willie and Ozell Hughes; sisters, Freddie Mae Hughes, Ane Britt, Rosie Moor and Ceolia Hughes-Cox. Funeral services for Joe will be at the Lake funeral home in Ionia Thursday, March 24th at 1:00 p.m. with a visitation 1 hour prior to services at the funeral home. Online condolences may be made at www.lakefuneralhomes.com File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/h/hughes45278nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb