1937
Shirley
2003
Shirley May Hughes
November 15, 1937 — September 9, 2003
SHIRLEY HUGHES
SHIRLEY MAY HUGHES OF POTOSI, MISSOURI WAS BORN MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1937 IN COLUMBUS JUNCTION, IOWA A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE THOMAS REXFORD WOODRUFF AND MYRA VIVIAN (BODEN) WOODRUFF. SHIRLEY DEPARTED THIS LIFE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2003 AT THE POTOSI MANOR NURSING CENTER, POTOSI, MISSOURI AT THE AGE OF SIXTY-FIVE YEARS, NINE MONTHS AND TWENTY-FOUR DAYS.
SHIRLEY WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO THURMAN HUGHES JUNE 5, 1957 IN CAIRO, IOWA. THEY WERE BLESSED TO HAVE THREE WONDERFUL CHILDREN BORN TO THE UNION.
SHIRLEY IS SURVIVED BY HER LOVING AND DEVOTED HUSBAND OF FORTY- SIX YEARS, THURMAN HUGHES OF POTOSI, MISSOURI; ONE DAUGHTER AND SON-IN- LAW, KRISTINA DIANE AND PHILIP WALLACE OF POTOSI, MISSOURI; TWO SONS AND DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW, KENDALL D. AND DONNA HUGHES OF PARK HILLS, MISSOURI AND JAMES GREGORY AND KIMBERLEE HUGHES OF POTOSI, MISSOURI; SIX LOVING GRANDCHILDREN, HEIDI AND HOLLI WALLACE, KENDRA, DANIELLE, SETH AND KYLE HUGHES; ONE SISTER DOROTHY BUFFINGTON AND HUSBAND DELBERT OF WAPELLO, IOWA; THREE BROTHERS AND SISTERS-IN-LAW, HAROLD AND MARILYN WOODRUFF OF BURLINGTON, IOWA, THOMAS AND DORIS WOODRUFF OF DAVENPORT, IOWA, DELBERT AND DOROTHY WOODRUFF OF SPERRY, IOWA; BROTHER-IN-LAW DEAN HIXSON OF NEW MARTINSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS AND OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS, SHIRLEY WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE SISTER CHARLENE HIXSON.
SHIRLEY HAD ACCEPTED CHRIST AS HER SAVIOR AND WAS A LONG TIME MEMBER OF CHURCHES OF GOD IN IOWA AND MISSOURI WHERE SHE WAS A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER, PLAYED PIANO AND SANG ALSO. SHE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE POTOSI PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
SHIRLEY WAS ACTIVE IN MANY COMMUNITY EVENTS AND CHURCH WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS. SHE WAS A FORMER MEMBER OF A BOWLING LEAGUE AND WAS A BUS DRIVER FOR FIFTEEN YEARS WITH THE POTOSI R-3 SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SHIRLEY ALWAYS LOOKED FORWARD TO SEEING HER FAMILY AND ESPECIALLY SEEING A GRANDCHILDS SMILING FACE WALK THROUGH HER DOOR. SHE ENJOYED THE VISITS AND CHERISHED EACH IN HER HEART.
VISITATION WAS HELD THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2003 FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AND FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2003 FROM 8:30 A.M. TO 10:00 A.M. AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOMES, POTOSI, MISSOURI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2003 AT 10:00 A.M. AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH REVEREND RONNIE PAYNE OFFICIATING. MUSICAL SELECTIONS WERE GOING HOME SANG BY SUE AND REV. RONNIE PAYNE AND TEN THOUSAND ANGELS SANG BY JOAN THORNTON. BURIAL WAS IN THE RED BUD MEMORIAL GARDENS, POTOSI, MISSOURI. SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE PHILIP WALLACE, TOM WOODRUFF, HAROLD WOODRUFF, DELBERT WOODRUFF, MIKE BUFFINGTON, KEITH BUFFINGTON, LEROY BUFFINGTON AND MARK WOODRUFF.
MEMORIAL DONATIONS ARE REQUESTED TO THE MISSION SERVICES OF LEADWOOD FIRST CHURCH OF GOD.
SERVICES WERE ENTRUSTED TO THE CARE AND DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOMES, POTOSI, MISSOURI.
SHIRLEY MAY HUGHES OF POTOSI, MISSOURI WAS BORN MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1937 IN COLUMBUS JUNCTION, IOWA A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE THOMAS REXFORD WOODRUFF AND MYRA VIVIAN (BODEN) WOODRUFF. SHIRLEY DEPARTED THIS LIFE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2003 AT THE POTOSI MANOR NURSING CENTER, POTOSI, MISSOURI AT THE AGE OF SIXTY-FIVE YEARS, NINE MONTHS AND TWENTY-FOUR DAYS.
SHIRLEY WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO THURMAN HUGHES JUNE 5, 1957 IN CAIRO, IOWA. THEY WERE BLESSED TO HAVE THREE WONDERFUL CHILDREN BORN TO THE UNION.
SHIRLEY IS SURVIVED BY HER LOVING AND DEVOTED HUSBAND OF FORTY- SIX YEARS, THURMAN HUGHES OF POTOSI, MISSOURI; ONE DAUGHTER AND SON-IN- LAW, KRISTINA DIANE AND PHILIP WALLACE OF POTOSI, MISSOURI; TWO SONS AND DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW, KENDALL D. AND DONNA HUGHES OF PARK HILLS, MISSOURI AND JAMES GREGORY AND KIMBERLEE HUGHES OF POTOSI, MISSOURI; SIX LOVING GRANDCHILDREN, HEIDI AND HOLLI WALLACE, KENDRA, DANIELLE, SETH AND KYLE HUGHES; ONE SISTER DOROTHY BUFFINGTON AND HUSBAND DELBERT OF WAPELLO, IOWA; THREE BROTHERS AND SISTERS-IN-LAW, HAROLD AND MARILYN WOODRUFF OF BURLINGTON, IOWA, THOMAS AND DORIS WOODRUFF OF DAVENPORT, IOWA, DELBERT AND DOROTHY WOODRUFF OF SPERRY, IOWA; BROTHER-IN-LAW DEAN HIXSON OF NEW MARTINSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS AND OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS, SHIRLEY WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE SISTER CHARLENE HIXSON.
SHIRLEY HAD ACCEPTED CHRIST AS HER SAVIOR AND WAS A LONG TIME MEMBER OF CHURCHES OF GOD IN IOWA AND MISSOURI WHERE SHE WAS A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER, PLAYED PIANO AND SANG ALSO. SHE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE POTOSI PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
SHIRLEY WAS ACTIVE IN MANY COMMUNITY EVENTS AND CHURCH WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS. SHE WAS A FORMER MEMBER OF A BOWLING LEAGUE AND WAS A BUS DRIVER FOR FIFTEEN YEARS WITH THE POTOSI R-3 SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SHIRLEY ALWAYS LOOKED FORWARD TO SEEING HER FAMILY AND ESPECIALLY SEEING A GRANDCHILDS SMILING FACE WALK THROUGH HER DOOR. SHE ENJOYED THE VISITS AND CHERISHED EACH IN HER HEART.
VISITATION WAS HELD THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2003 FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AND FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2003 FROM 8:30 A.M. TO 10:00 A.M. AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOMES, POTOSI, MISSOURI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2003 AT 10:00 A.M. AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH REVEREND RONNIE PAYNE OFFICIATING. MUSICAL SELECTIONS WERE GOING HOME SANG BY SUE AND REV. RONNIE PAYNE AND TEN THOUSAND ANGELS SANG BY JOAN THORNTON. BURIAL WAS IN THE RED BUD MEMORIAL GARDENS, POTOSI, MISSOURI. SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE PHILIP WALLACE, TOM WOODRUFF, HAROLD WOODRUFF, DELBERT WOODRUFF, MIKE BUFFINGTON, KEITH BUFFINGTON, LEROY BUFFINGTON AND MARK WOODRUFF.
MEMORIAL DONATIONS ARE REQUESTED TO THE MISSION SERVICES OF LEADWOOD FIRST CHURCH OF GOD.
SERVICES WERE ENTRUSTED TO THE CARE AND DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOMES, POTOSI, MISSOURI.
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