785 Obit of Hughes, W.W. "Relium" (h220) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 26 Nov 2000 Return to Roger Mills Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Surnames Hughes, Barker W.W. "Relium" Hughes was born October 24, 1918 in Jacksboro, TX to Belle and O.J. Hughes and passed away June 17, 1999 in the Great Plains Medical Center at the age of 80 years, 7 months and 23 days. Relim was raised in Jacksboro and later moved to Allison, TX. He met Ruth Barker and they were married on Jly 30, 1938 in Reydon, OK. Two children were born to this couple, a daughter, Sandy Tupin, and a son, Wilmer Leon Hughes. They lived in Reydon until 1956 when they moved to Los Alamos, NM where he worked for eight years as a fireman. He later started working at the University of California at Los Alamos until he retired. In 1978, they returned to Reydon to make their home. Relium was a member of Reydon United Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, 4 sisters and 5 brothers. Those surviving him are his wife, Ruth, his daughter, Sandy Tupin, of Los Alamos, NM, his son Wilmer Leon Hughes, Truxton, AZ, one sister, Mary Spann, Lipan, TX; 6 grandchildren, Darla Thompson, Charlie Francher, Denise Hughes, Benjamin Alan Ladabour, Lori Ladabour Deschamp and B.J. Ladabour, and 15 great grandchildren. Services were held at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, June 19, 1999 at the Reydon Community Building officiated by Rev. Lynn Brack. Interment was in the White Rose Cemetery, Reydon, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma under the direction of Rose Chapel Funeral Service. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html