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Submitted: 3/15/21 • Approved: 3/15/21 • Last Updated: 3/22/21 • R1366496-G1366495-S3
Betty
September 27, 1936 - April 11, 2020
Dale
August 8, 1934 - May 28, 2013
Obituary
Stephenson Dearman Funeral Home
Monticello, Arkansas
Betty Lou Hughes, age 83, of Monticello, Arkansas, died Saturday, April 11, 2020, at her home. She was the daughter of the late Ivan Dayton and Aline Allison Howard and the widow of Dale Hughes, USAF Lt. Colonel and former Drew County Judge.
Ms. Hughes was a member of the Mt. Pleasant “Campground” Methodist Church
since 1977. She was an active volunteer in the community over her lifetime. She served as Presided of We are Monticello, dedicated to the beautification of Monticello, a member of the Committee of 100, a group of women that supported and promoted the Ozark Folk Center, Drew County Chamber of Commerce’s 1988 Woman of the Year, Chairman of fund raising for the Drew County Walls of War Memorial, decorated the backyard of the Governor Mansion for picnic honoring all of Arkansas troops who served in Desert Storm, and selected as Arkansas’ Volunteer of the Year in 1993.
Survivors include, two sons, Robert Hughes and wife, Nancy, of Georgetown, TX, and Jay Hughes and wife Laura of Monticello, AR, one daughter, Chris Pace and husband Mark of Monticello, AR, Grand
Children, Aaron Sweeten (Rosie) of La Porte, TX, Jay Michael Hughes (Amanda) of Las Vegas, NV, Ryan Hughes (Laurie) of Georgetown, TX, Justin Hughes (Sarah) of Jarrell, TX, Ashley Kelnhofer (Nick) of Monticello, AR, Jacob Hughes (Tracy), of El Paso, TX, Sale Pace (Karla) of Greenhill Community, Allison Neill (Alan), of Monticello, AR, Jack Morgan Pace, (Shayla), of Bentonville, AR, Great Grandchildren, Briana Alvarado, Robert Villarreal Jr. and Kaylee Sweeten, Jackson, Benjamin, and Charlie Hughes, Levi Hughes, Sophia and Brooks Kelnhofer, Austin Graham, Abby Ruelle, Madison Hughes, and Joseph Hughes, Emma and Dayton Pace, Jace and Bo Neill, Colt and Myla Pace, as well as a host of nieces, nephews, family and friends.
A viewing for extended family and friends will be Thursday, April 15, 2020, from 5:00 – 6:00 p.m., at Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Home in Monticello, AR. We ask that you follow COVID-19 protocol and
no more than 10 people at a time in the visitation room and you keep the CDC recommended 6 foot distance from each other. There will be a Private Family Graveside service Friday, April 17, 2020, at Campground Cemetery, at 10 a.m. There will not be a guestbook so please visit our website
www.stephensondearman.com to leave your memories and condolences.
Memorials may be made to Mt. Pleasant “Campground” United Methodist Church c/o Kay Berryman, 183 Bill Henry Road, Monticello, AR 71655 or online to Autism Speaks.
Obituary
Stephenson Dearman Funeral Home
Monticello, Arkansas
On May 28, 2013 at Drew Memorial Hospital, the angels took home Dale Lamar Hughes, 78, of Monticello. He was born August 8, 1934, to JA and Jewell Herring Hughes in Drew County, AR. He was the grandson of John Morgan and Eva Sawyer Hughes and Jap and Lottie Herring, all of the Montongo Community.
He attended school in Monticello and graduated from Monticello High School in 1952. He attended Monticello A & M for two years, Florida State for two years and graduated with a BGS in history from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1974. He was a retired Lt. Col. of the U. S. Air Force, following 22 years of active service. The 3 years immediately preceding his retirement from the military in May 1977, he served as executive officer for the commander of the 832nd Air Division and as deputy base commander at Cannon Air Force Base in Clovis, NM. He was commissioned through the Aviation Cadet Program in December 1956, after completing pilot training at Bainbridge AFB in Georgia and Bryan AFB in Texas. As a combat ready F-100 fighter pilot and later as a forward air controller, he flew 296 combat missions in Southeast Asia. In addition to state side assignments, he served tours of duty in Turkey, England, Japan, Korea, Vietnam and the Panama Canal Zone. His military decorations include the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with 11 oak leaf clusters, the Meritorious Service Medal and the Vietnamese Civic Action Honor Medal, first Class. When he returned to Monticello in 1977, he served as manager of the Monticello Pink Tomato Growers Association. He also served as Drew County Judge for 9 ½ years. He was preceded in death by his parents and grandparents.
He is survived by his wife of almost 58 years, Betty Allison Hughes of Monticello; three children, Robert D. Hughes of Georgetown, TX, Jay L. Hughes and R. Chris Hughes Pace, both of Monticello; one sister, Barbara Fleming of Pine Bluff, AR; six grandsons, two granddaughters, one step-grandson, six great-grandchildren, two nephews, four nieces, and many more extended relatives and friends.
Contributed on 3/15/21 by deltabelle55
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