Mary Alma Hughes
October 14, 1906 ~ August 19, 2004
Resided in:
Candler, NC
Alma Hughes, 97, of Asheville, died Thursday, August 19, 2004, at Pisgah Manor Health Care Center in Candler.
Born on October 14, 1906, in Spring Creek, NC, in Madison County, she was one of eight children of the late Merritt and Rachel Packett Price. She was married to the late Clifford C. Hughes, a WWI veteran who died on June 13, 1984. Her sisters, all deceased, were Lavada Bryan, Lillard Walters Embry, Edna Price, Pearl Pearson and Dora Henson. Her brothers, also deceased, were Howard Price and Burland Price.
Alma graduated from the Sylva Collegiate Institute in Sylva, NC on May 12, 1926. She taught several grades in a one-room school house near Fontana, NC from 1926-1927. Following her marriage in 1927, she was a devoted homemaker and mother living in the Asheville area with her family, including Sand Hill Road in West Asheville from 1945 until 2001. She has resided in nursing homes since 2001. An active member of West Asheville Baptist Church since 1935, she taught Sunday School and was Superintendent of the Primary Department for years.
Surviving are her sons, Robert “Bob” Hughes and his wife Anne of Candler, Alfred Hughes and his wife Thelma of Asheville and Carl Hughes and his wife Barbara Ann of Raleigh; a daughter, Ruth Farmer of Asheville, wife of the late Jim Farmer; seven grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be 3:00 pm Sunday at West Asheville Baptist Church the Rev. Dr. James H. Johnson and the Rev. Ken Lewis officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Enka.
Her family will receive friends from 2:00-3:00 pm Sunday at the church and request that memorials be made to West Asheville Baptist Church Building Fund, 926 Haywood Road, Asheville, NC 28806.
The family wishes to express gratitude to the staff of Pisgah Manor Health Care Center and others for their loving and skilled care of their mother.
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To Bob and Anne, Alfred, Ruth, and Carl–and all your families–my heart goes out to you. I’m saddened by Alma’s death. She meant so much to me for so many years. I especially remember that day in 1945 when she–and all of you–took Sally and me into her home while our brother lay dying.
I’m saddened too by the passing of an era: Alma and my mother had been friends since their childhood in Fontana and were friends until Mimi’s death. I mourn for Alma and I mourn for the past.
May all of you feel the arms of God enfolding you.
To Bob and Anne, Alfred, Ruth, and Carl–and all your families–my heart goes out to you. I’m saddened by Alma’s death. She meant so much to me for so many years. I especially remember that day in 1945 when she–and all of you–took Sally and me into her home while our brother lay dying.
I’m saddened too by the passing of an era: Alma and my mother had been friends since their childhood in Fontana and were friends until Mimi’s death. I mourn for Alma and I mourn for the past.
May all of you feel the arms of God enfolding you.
Bob and Anne, I hope you can take comfort in knowing your friends care and are thinking about you and your family. Mary Clark Lucas
Bob, Anne, and Family Members, Regardless of age, health, or any other circumstance in life we are never ready to give up our Mothers. The only possible comfort comes from a Real Faith in the Sovereingty of God and the manifested concern of caring friends. Please know we are thinking of you and your family at this time. Joe Clark
She was such a jewel!
Vic Murdoch
To Bob, Alfred, Ruth, and Carl, my sincere sympathy on the death of your mother. She lived a long wonderful life, but I know it is a great loss at any age. I’ll remember you in my prayers. Ken Sanford