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Roy Lee Hughes 1912–1979 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 Jan 1912

Birth Location: Brush Creek, Yancey, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 15 Oct 1979

Death Location: Double Island, Yancey County, North Carolina, United States of America

Father: David Hughes

Mother: Mary Hughes

Spouse(s): Maude Woody

Children(s): Christina Hughes, Paul Hughes, Elvina Thomas

Roy Lee Hughes was born in 1912 in Brush Creek, Yancey, North Carolina, USA, the child of David Nelson Hughes And Mary Melenda Hughes. Roy Lee Hughes married Maude Rachel Woody, and had children including Christina Gay Hughes, Elvina Thomas, Marylue Virginia Hughes, Paul Dale Hughes. Roy Lee Hughes passed away in 1979 in Double Island, Yancey County, North Carolina, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Roy Lee Hughes was born in 1912 in Brush Creek, Yancey, North Carolina, USA, the child of David Nelson Hughes And Mary Melenda Hughes.
  • Roy Lee Hughes married Maude Rachel Woody, and had children including Christina Gay Hughes, Elvina Thomas, Marylue Virginia Hughes, Paul Dale Hughes.
  • Roy Lee Hughes passed away in 1979 in Double Island, Yancey County, North Carolina, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

David Hughes
1875–1947
Birth Location: Brush Creek, Yancey, North Carolina, USA
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Mary Hughes
1877–1967
Birth Location: Brush Creek, Yancey, North Carolina, USA
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Spouses(s)

Maude Woody
1917–1984
Birth Location: Brush Creek, Yancey, North Carolina, USA
MW

Children(s)

Christina Hughes
–2000
Birth Location: Kona, North Carolina, USA
CH
Paul Hughes
1937–1977
Birth Location: Bandana, North Carolina, USA
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Elvina Thomas
1933–2008
Birth Location: North Carolina
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Roy Hughes's Ancestors

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Roy Hughes
1912–1979
Birth Place: Brush Creek, Yancey, North Carolina, USA
Parents
David Nelson Hughes
1875–1947
Brush Creek, Yancey, North Carolina, USA
Mary (Melenda) Hughes
1877–1967
Brush Creek, Yancey, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Roy Hughes's Descendants

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Roy (Lee) Hughes (23 Jan 1912–15 Oct 1979) m. Maude (Rachel) Woody (16 Aug 1917–2 Apr 1984)
  1. 1. Christina (Gay) Hughes –2000
  2. 2. Paul (Dale) Hughes 1937–1977
  3. 3. Elvina Thomas 1933–2008

Roy Hughes's Timeline

2 Records

1912
23 Jan 1912
Birth of Roy Lee Hughes in Brush Creek, Yancey, North Carolina, USA
Brush Creek, Yancey, North Carolina, USA
1979
15 Oct 1979
Age 67
Death of Roy Lee Hughes in Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 Jan 1912
    Event Place: Brush Creek, Yancey, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Oct 1979
    Event Place: Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Double Island, Yancey County, North Carolina, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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