{"id":4775,"date":"2014-08-07T09:43:58","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T13:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/?p=4775"},"modified":"2014-08-07T09:43:58","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T13:43:58","slug":"kenneth-johnson-hughes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jacksoncountyohiogen.com\/members\/2014\/08\/07\/kenneth-johnson-hughes\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenneth Johnson Hughes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Kenneth Johnson Hughes, 89, of Washington Court House, Ohio died Tuesday, August 5, 2014, at 3:55 p.m. at Mt. Carmel West Hospital in Columbus where he had been a patient four days.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mr. Hughes was born April 18, 1925, in Jackson, Ohio to Daniel and Jessie Hughes. He was a 1943 graduate of Jackson High School where he was a star football and basketball player.\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He retired as a superintendent from Armco Steel in Washington C.H. after more than 30 years of service.\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mr. Hughes was a member of the Crossroads Christian Church of Washington C.H.; Fayette Lodge F&amp;AM #107; was a World War II veteran of the United States Navy and was a former longtime member of the Kiwanis Club of Washington C.H. He was an avid Ohio State University Buckeye fan.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He is preceded in death by his parents and a brother and sister-in-law, David and Deloris Hughes.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mr. Hughes is survived by his wife, the former Mae Lucille Parks, whom he married August 28, 1948; four sisters-in-law, Marjorie (Jim) Hughes of Frankfort, Marilyn (Bill) Volz of North Carolina, Amy Parks and Jean Parks, both of Washington C.H. and several nieces and nephews and grand nieces and nephews.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The funeral will be Saturday, August 9, 2014, at 1 p.m. at the Kirkpatrick Funeral Home in Washington Court House with Danny Dodds, minister at the Greenfield Church of Christ, officiating. Burial will follow in the Washington Cemetery.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday from 12 p.m. noon until time of the service.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kirkpatrickfuneralhome.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.kirkpatrickfuneralhome.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenneth Johnson Hughes, 89, of Washington Court House, Ohio died Tuesday, August 5, 2014, at 3:55 p.m. at Mt. Carmel West Hospital in Columbus where he had been a patient four days.Mr. Hughes was born April 18, 1925, in Jackson, Ohio to Daniel and Jessie Hughes. 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