Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Hughes, Ruth Elizabeth Nuckles February 14, 2006 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/tnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Julia Williams Kodak jkodak@charter.net February 20, 2006, 10:28 pm Elizabethton Star 02/15/06 Ruth E. Hughes Ruth Elizabeth Nuckles Hughes, 80, 504 Maple Street, Elizabethton, died Tuesday, February 14, 2006, at the residence. Mrs. Hughes was a native of Carter County and a daughter of the late Everett G. and Mineola Banner Nuckles. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Hughes, January 23, 1980. Mrs. Hughes was a graduate of Science Hill High School and a former resident of Piney Flats. She worked for Raytheon Corporation for many years and was a retired employee of the Tennessee Department of Employment Security, having retired in 1982. She was a member of Piney Flats United Methodist Church. Survivors include a daughter, Mattie Jo Hughes, Elizabethton, and a granddaughter, Joanna Hughes Magner. Graveside services for Mrs. Hughes will be conducted at 3 p.m. Wednesday, February 15, at Monte Vista Memorial Gardens with Chaplain Fred Meredith and Pastor Steve Williams officiating. Interment will follow the service. Pallbearers will be selected from friends. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in memory of Mrs. Hughes to the Holston United Methodist Home for Children, 404 Holston Drive, Greeneville, TN 37743, or to the Piney Flats United Methodist Church or the Believers Family Worship Center, P.O. Box 279, Mountain City, TN 37683. The family would like to express a special "Thank You" to Adventa Hospice and Wilson Home Health. Also a special "Thank You" to Phil and Robin Shaffer, Crystal Miniard, Rosalind Nave and Fred and Jennie Meredith. Family and friends will assemble at the cemetery at 2:55 p.m. Wednesday. Condolences to the Hughes family may be e-mailed to mfc@chartertn.net. Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/carter/obits/h/hughes138gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/tnfiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb