Eddie \u201cButch\u201d Hughes, age 72, of Oak Hill, passed away Tuesday, September 7 at Cornerstone Hospital in Huntington, WV. He was born June 22, 1949, in Gallipolis to the late William and Opal (Carter) Hughes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Survived by his wife of 46 years, Carol Hughes; son, Eddie Hughes (Amanda Pearce); daughter, April (Matt) McFann; grandchildren, Emilee Lewis, Carter Lewis and Brailon McFann; brother, Roger (Vicki) Hughes; sisters-in-law: Connie (Allen) Potter, Linda Miller; brother-in-law, Rick (Sharon) Kelley; nephew, Allen (Charity) Potter; nieces: Heather (Jason) Jones, Kim (Bob) Kidd, Paula McClary, Misty (Larry) Maddy and Holly (Allen) Simpson, Jamie Mathews, Tiffany Kenny and Amy Potter; and several aunts, uncles, cousins, great nieces, great nephews and great great nieces and nephews and friends. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his mother and father-in-law, Magdalene Kelley and Frank Kelley; niece Jody Hughes Potter; and nephew, Christopher McGowan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Butch graduated from Oak Hill High School. He was a retired prison guard from Lucasville Prison. He was an avid Oak Hill Oak sports fan, rooting for both boys\u2019 and girls\u2019 sports. He was a member of the Oak Hill Freewill Baptist Church. He was an Army veteran as well as a loving husband, father, brother and grandfather. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Friends may call Saturday, September 11 from 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. at the Lewis & Gillum Funeral Home of Oak Hill.\u00a0Funeral services will be held Sunday, September 12 at 2 p.m. with Pastor Allen Simpson officiating. Burial will follow in CM Cemetery with military graveside services. Online condolences may be sent to\u00a0www.lewisgillum.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Eddie \u201cButch\u201d Hughes, age 72, of Oak Hill, passed away Tuesday, September 7 at Cornerstone Hospital in Huntington, WV. He was born June 22, 1949, in Gallipolis to the late William and Opal (Carter) Hughes. Survived by his wife of 46 years, Carol Hughes; son, Eddie Hughes (Amanda Pearce); daughter, April (Matt) McFann; grandchildren, Emilee\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12016"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12017,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12016\/revisions\/12017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}