Obituary: Hughes, Ruth (Tyler) - Saturday, March 7, 2009
 

Submitted by: Carole Bays <acbays@mrtc.com>
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WINCHESTER - Ruth Tyler Hughes, 94, of Winchester, widow of James Orvis
Hughes, went to be with her Lord and Savior on March 7, 2009, at the
Winchester Centre. A native of Campton, she was born May 14, 1914 to the
late Thomas Roscoe Tyler and Sarah Ethel Lykins. She was a previous
resident of Las Cruces, NM, where she was a former owner of the Hughes
Motel. Later she became a member of the Elkriver Baptist Church in
Estill Springs, TN. She is survived by one daughter, Patty Sue Williams
of Guntersville, AL and son J.O. Hughes and his spouse Becky Braun of
New Mexico. Grandchildren, Whitney Tyler Williams and Shane Winthrop
Williams of Guntersville, AL, Jay Olin Hughes (Debbie Howey), and
William Carl Hughes (Iwona Wojcinska) all of Las Cruces, NM.
Great-grandchildren, Curtis Jay Hughes, Kelsey Lynn Hughes, Joshua James
Hughes, and Timothy Jonah Hughes, brother Norman (Mary) Tyler and
sister-n-law, Nina Tyler. Special recognition and heartfelt thanks are
given to her friend Mary McDonald. In addition to her husband and
parents, she is preceded in death by a daughter Amanda Hughes, brothers
Cecil (Bertha) Tyler, Barnes (Mary) Tyler, and Elmer "Doc" Tyler,
sisters Blanche Henry, Marcella (Otis) Henry, and Monell (Jack) Neely.
Funeral services will be Wed at 4pm by Rev. Lee Cruse at Rolan G. Taylor
Funeral Home 289 S. Main St. Visitation will be from 3pm Wed until the
hour of service. Graveside services will be Sat, March 14, at 11am in
the Decherd Cemetery in Decherd, TN. 
  
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