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Robert "Bob" Hughes '56 November 8, 2010 10:30 AM
Published in (Melbourne) FLORIDA TODAY on November 8, 2010
Robert HughesColonel
Robert Burnett Hughes, U.S. Army (Ret), 83, husband of the late Carolyn Anderson Hughes, of Mt. Pleasant, SC and formerly of Melbourne, Florida passed away on Monday, October 18, 2010. The relatives and friends of Col. Robert Hughes are invited to attend his Memorial Service on Sunday, November 14, 2010 at Prince of Peace Anglican Church, 6895 Murrell Road, Melbourne, Florida at 1:00 p.m. Burial in Arlington National Cemetery will held at a later date. Arrangements by J Henry Stuhr Mount Pleasant Chapel.
Col. Hughes was born August 1, 1927 in Panama Canal Zone, Panama. He was the son of the late Oliver Wendell Hughes and Lydia Mae Burnett Hughes. He was a 1950 graduate of West Point and received his
Masters Degree in Civil Engineering from Texas A & M. He served in the United States Army for thirty years and also retired from the Port of New Orleans. He was a member of Prince of Peace Anglican Church in Melbourne, FL.
He is survived by his children, Robin Gordon and her husband, Eddie, of Mt. Pleasant, SC, Carolyn Hall and her husband, Terry, of Pampa, TX, and Robert Anderson Hughes of Mesquite, TX; five grandchildren, Lara Gordon Barnett and her husband, Jason, of Hanahan, SC, Kati Virginia Gordon of Clemson, SC, Lt. Marshall Brodie Hall of Ft. Sill, OK, Clayton Terry Hall of Dallas, TX and Tyler Robert Hall of Denton, TX.
The family requests that memorials be made to Prince of Peace Anglican Church, 6895 Murrell Road, Melbourne, FL 32940 or the American Cancer Society , 5900 Core Road, Suite 504, North Charleston, SC 29406.
Memorial messages may be written to the family by visiting our website at www.jhenrystuhr.com.
Robert HughesColonel
Robert Burnett Hughes, U.S. Army (Ret), 83, husband of the late Carolyn Anderson Hughes, of Mt. Pleasant, SC and formerly of Melbourne, Florida passed away on Monday, October 18, 2010. The relatives and friends of Col. Robert Hughes are invited to attend his Memorial Service on Sunday, November 14, 2010 at Prince of Peace Anglican Church, 6895 Murrell Road, Melbourne, Florida at 1:00 p.m. Burial in Arlington National Cemetery will held at a later date. Arrangements by J Henry Stuhr Mount Pleasant Chapel.
Col. Hughes was born August 1, 1927 in Panama Canal Zone, Panama. He was the son of the late Oliver Wendell Hughes and Lydia Mae Burnett Hughes. He was a 1950 graduate of West Point and received his
Masters Degree in Civil Engineering from Texas A & M. He served in the United States Army for thirty years and also retired from the Port of New Orleans. He was a member of Prince of Peace Anglican Church in Melbourne, FL.
He is survived by his children, Robin Gordon and her husband, Eddie, of Mt. Pleasant, SC, Carolyn Hall and her husband, Terry, of Pampa, TX, and Robert Anderson Hughes of Mesquite, TX; five grandchildren, Lara Gordon Barnett and her husband, Jason, of Hanahan, SC, Kati Virginia Gordon of Clemson, SC, Lt. Marshall Brodie Hall of Ft. Sill, OK, Clayton Terry Hall of Dallas, TX and Tyler Robert Hall of Denton, TX.
The family requests that memorials be made to Prince of Peace Anglican Church, 6895 Murrell Road, Melbourne, FL 32940 or the American Cancer Society , 5900 Core Road, Suite 504, North Charleston, SC 29406.
Memorial messages may be written to the family by visiting our website at www.jhenrystuhr.com.
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