MITCHELL COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Ruth Hughes Jones, 20 Jun 2003 ----¤¤¤¤---- RUTH HUGHES JONES GREEN MOUNTAIN - Ruth Hughes Jones, 72, of NC 197 North, passed away on Friday, June 20, 2003 at Johnsn City Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Holden B. and Matilda Peterson Hughes. She was a member of Bailey Brethren Church and a child care worker for Bakersville Child Development Center. She was preceded in death by brothers Earl, C.B, Virgil, Starlin and Garfa Hughes; and a sister, Lelia McNeese. Survivors include her husband Carl J. Jones of the home; sons, Randy Scott Jones of Gray, TN, Richard Franklin Jones of Green Mountain, and Timothy Eugene Jones of the home; a daughter, Janice Lynn Miller of Johnson City, TN; sister, Ella Lewis of Green Mountain; brothers Willian Hughes of Kingston, TN, Walter Hughes of Green Mountain, four grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral services were held at 8 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Henline-Hughes Funeral Home. Revs. David Lee and Dr. Victor Young officiated. The family received friends two hours prior to the service. Burial was at 1 p.m. Monday in Flat Branch Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Tipton Hill Cemetery, c/o Linda Tipton, NC Hwy. 197, Green Mountain, NC. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------