Fuquay Varina, NC: Mrs. Hattie Mavis Gregory Hughes, age 89, of 8762 Hwy 401 North died Saturday. Funeral services will be 11:00AM Tuesday at Rose & Graham Funeral Chapel in Coats. Burial will follow in Byrd Family Cemetery. Rev. Fred Carraway will officiate.
Mrs. Hughes was born August 4, 1925 in Harnett County to the late Oscar and Hattie Florence Byrd Gregory. She was also preceded in death by husband, Ervin Hughes; children, Shirley Jean Hughes, Sandra Gail Hughes, and Sandy Wayne Hughes; grandson, Bennie Ray Hughes; great grandchildren, Dustin Hughes, Brandon Hughes, and Richard Ray Winders; sister, Margie Marie Gregory; and brothers, Johnny Gregory, Sonny Boy Gregory, Timmodus Gregory, Talmadge Gregory, Lozzie Thompson, and Alvin Hamilton. Mrs. Hughes was a homemaker, a farmer and a member of Hilltop Free Will Baptist Church.
Surviving are son & daughter-in-law, Willie Ray & Nancy Hughes of Coats; daughter & son-in-law, Donna & Roy Wilkins of Lillington; sisters & brother-in-law, Betty & Joe Pollard of Angier and Verlen Campbell of Angier; brother & sister-in-law, Jerry & Joyce Gregory of Angier; 6 grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; 11 great great grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.
Family will receive friends at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Coats from 6:00PM to 8:00PM Monday and other times at the home of Donna & Roy Wilkins, 100 Jay Lane, Lillington, NC.