AVERY COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Verna Hughes, 30 Jun 2004 ----¤¤¤¤---- NEWLAND - Verna Hughes, 89, of Mollie's Branch Road, died Wednesday, June 30, 2004 in a Spruce Pine rest home. She was the daughter of the late Jim and Dula English, and wife of the late Sid Hughes. She wa a member of People's Church. Survivors include her daughters, Helen Banner of Newland, Janice Bailey of Marion, and Sandra Hughes of Newland; sons, Otha, Leonard, Johnny and Earl Hughes, all of Newland; a sister, Ruby Burleson of Bakersville; a brother, Troy English of Jonesboro, TN; 25 grandchildren; and one great grandchild. Funeral services were held at 7 p.m. Friday in the Grindstaff Memorial Chapel of Webb Funeral Home in Spruce Pine. Revs. Brandon Young and Larry Shook officiated. Burial was at 10 a.m. Saturday in Hughes Cemetery on Jerry's Creek. The family received friends from 6 p.m. until the service hour Friday at the funeral home. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Mitchell News Journal www.mitchellnews.com/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------