CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Jake Hughes, 11 May 2002
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Jake Hughes

   Jake Hughes, 82, Cove Creek Rd., Roan Mountain, Tenn., died 
Saturday, May 11, 2002, in the Johnson City Medical Center following a 
brief illness.
   A Roan Mountain, Tenn., native, he was the son of the late Manuel and 
Fairy Bell Hughes. He was preceded in death in death by four brothers, 
Isaac Hughes, Jeter Hughes, Orville Hughes and Tom Hughes, two sisters, 
Grace Hughes Hicks and Polly Hughes.
   Mr. Hughes attended Burbank Free Will Baptist Church. He was retired 
from North American Rayon Corp. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War 
II, having served in the South Pacific.
   Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Beulah Dean Holtsclaw Hughes, 
of the home, two sons and daughters-in-law, Wade and Virgie Roberts Hughes, 
Roan Mountain, Gary and Peggy Miller Hughes, Elizabethton, one daughter 
and son-in-law, Margaret and Wayne Heaton, Roan Mountain, one grandson, 
Wendell Heaton, Gray, one granddaughter, Natasha Hughes, Elizabethton, 
one brother, Farrell Hughes, Roan Mountain, one twin sister, Cleo Hughes 
Roberts, Roan Mountain.
   Tetrick Funeral Home, Roan Mountain, 423-772-3928, is in charge of 
arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick 
   
   HUGHES -- Funeral services for Jake Hughes, 82, 427 Cove Creek Rd., 
Roan Mountain, Tenn., who died Saturday, May 11, 2002, at the Johnson 
City Medical Center, will be conducted at 8 p.m. Monday, May 13, 2002, 
at the Burbank Free Will Baptist Church, Roan Mountain, with the Revs. 
Richard Blevins and Dan Blevins officiating. The music will be under the 
direction of Burbank Free Will Baptist Church. Graveside services and 
interment will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2002, at the 
Hughes Family Cemetery, Cove Creek Rd. Military honors will be provided 
by Captain Lynn H. Folsom VFW Post 2166. Active pallbearers will be S.D. 
Hughes, Donald Hughes, Jack Barnett, Johnny Hill, Terry Hughes, Jack 
Troutman, Tommy Jarrett, Alvin Hughes and Claude Barnett. Honorary 
pallbearers will be Spence Stockton, Reynard Calhoun, Dan Winters, Sr., 
and Alvin Strickland. Everyone will meet at Burbank Free Will Baptist 
Church, Roan Mountain, at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2002, to go in 
procession to the cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:30-
8 p.m. Monday, May 13, 2002, at Burbank Free Will Baptist Church or at 
the residence any time. Condolences may be sent to the family via e-mail 
address tetrick@funeral-plans.com. Tetrick Funeral Home, Roan Mountain, 
423-772-3928, is in charge of arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick