Billy Ray Hughes, 73, son of Archie Ray Hughes and Leda Naomi Riley Hughes, was born May 6, 1934, at Princeton, Ky. He died Jan. 7, 2008, at Houston.
He was a retired transit driver for Dunklin County Transit in Malden and was of the Southern Baptist faith.
He was preceded in death by his parents and stepfather, Robert Lee Jones.
Surviving are his wife of 45 years, Frances K. Tugggle Hughes of the home at Licking; three sons, David Hughes and Ronald Maniscalco of St. Louis and Tony Hughes of Malden; three daughters, Peggy Lang of St. Louis, Katherine Hughes and Trini Hughes of St. Louis; one sister, Rowena Mahle of Wickenburg, Ariz.; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services are 10 o’clock today (Thursday) at Qualls Funeral Home Chapel in Cave City, Ark., with the Rev. Gene Lancaster officiating. Burial is in the Parsley Cemetery at Cave City.
Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association.
Local arrangements were under the direction of Fox Funeral Home.
