Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Birth1936, Pasquotank, Pasquotank County, North Carolina [32313], [32315]
DeathJan 26, 2013, Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina [32313], [32315]
BurialAlamance Memorial Park, 4039 S Church St, Alamance County, North Carolina [237], [32315]
Spouses
BirthApr 24, 1934, Alamance County, North Carolina [743], [32314]
DeathFeb 6, 2010, Alamance County, North Carolina [743]
BurialAlamance Memorial Park, 4039 S Church St, Alamance County, North Carolina [743], [32314]
Obituary Online notes for Delrees SAWYER
1/28/2013
Delrees Sawyer Hughes
BURLINGTON — Delrees Sawyer Hughes, 76, went to be with her Lord on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, at 3:27 a.m.
A native of Pasquotank County, she was the wife of the late Jimmy Wayne Hughes and the daughter of the late Willard Sawyer and the late Ida Mae Sawyer. She retired as a word processor for the Alamance County Mental Health Center and was a member of First Baptist Church of Elon.
She is survived by two sons, Jimmy Hughes and his wife Deanna, of Elon, and Kramer Hughes, of Greensboro; three grandchildren, Michelle Lassiter and her husband Mike, Anna Hughes and her fiancée Travis Dickey, and Alex Hughes and his wife Samantha; and four great-grandchildren, Caitlyn Goode, Caila Goode, Camden Lassiter and Haley Lassiter.
In addition to her husband and parents, she was also preceded in death by her son, Alan Hughes.
The funeral service will be conducted at First Baptist Church of Elon on Tuesday,
Jan. 29, 2013, at 11 a.m. by the Revs. Mark Mofield, David Durham and Willard Sawyer. Burial will follow at Alamance Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends at the Rich &Thompson Funeral and Cremation Service in Burlington on Monday from 5 to 7 p.m. At other times, they will be at the residence of her son, Jimmy Hughes, 1691 Powerline Road, Elon, NC.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Baptist Church of Elon, P.O. Box 778, Elon NC 27244.
Condolences may be offered at www. richandthompson.com [32313]
Obituary Online notes for Jimmy Wayne (Spouse 1)
BURLINGTON - Mr. Jimmy Wayne Hughes, 75, of 368 Hwy 87 N., went to be with his Lord on Saturday, Feb, 6, 2010, at his residence.
A native of Alamance County, he was the husband of Delrees Sawyer Hughes, who survives, of the home, and son of the late James Henry and Leo Morene Hughes.
He was retired from Western Electric/Lucent Technologies and a member of the First Baptist Church of Elon, where he had served as a Deacon.
Surviving are two sons, Jimmy Hughes and Deanna of Elon and Kramer Hughes of Greensboro; three grandchildren, Michelle Lassiter and Mike, Anna Helton, and Alex Hughes and Samantha; four great-grandchildren, Caitlyn, Caila, Camden and Haley; his mother-in-law, Ida Mae Sawyer; and two brothers, Larry Hughes and Dot of Gibsonville and Robert David Hughes of Macon, Ga.
He was preceded in death by a son, Alan Hughes.
Burial will follow in Alamance Memorial Park. [32314]