Cover for Edith Mary Hughes's Obituary

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Edith Mary

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Hughes

Nov 28, 1913 — Jul 19, 2014

Obituary

Funeral service for Edith Mary Hughes, 100, Lawton will be at 10:00 am Wednesday, July 23, 2014 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Patrick Latham, Pastor of First Baptist Church, Lawton officiating. Mrs. Hughes passed away Saturday, July 19, 2014 in Lawton. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. The family will greet friends Tuesday evening, July 22, 2014 from 5pm until 7pm at the funeral home. She was born November 28, 1913 in Lawton to JR "Robie" and Esther Merle (Reynolds) Richardson. She graduated from Lawton High School in 1933. She married John Carpenter in 1934 in Lawton. He died September of 1969. She later married Frank L. Hughes on April 20, 1954 in Lawton. He died March 3, 2006. She worked in the Insurance business for over forty years, lastly as the office manager with Howard and Howard Insurance. She and Frank were members of the Good Sam Travel Club for many years, the Crippled Turkey's square dance group, she was a member of the Eastern Star, volunteered at the Nutrition Center and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Lawton since 1953, where she was very active in Sunday School. She is survived by her daughter, Bonnie Carpenter McCaig and husband Mac of Lawton, daughter-in-law Sharon Carpenter of Gainesville, TX, step-children Leroy Hughes and wife June of Lawton, Max Leon Hughes and wife Suzanne of Katy, TX, step-son-in-law Jim Lemon, Oklahoma, 6 grandchildren, Roy Hughes, Billy Hughes, Roger Andrews, Frank Andrews, Sherri Vargas, James Carpenter, Jr., a niece Vinnie Schleigh of California, close friends, Dorothy Goodson of Texas, Linda Chestnut of Oklahoma and many step-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and other relatives. She was preceded in death by her parents, both husbands, four sisters; Ruth Boyd Hurt, Lorene Berg, Grace Black, Elsie May Bruns, three brothers; Robert Richardson, Marvin Richardson and Baby Charles Richardson, a son, James "Jim" Carpenter, step-daughter Helen Lemon, and a close friend Betty Robinson. Memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church Sunday School Department, 501 SW B Ave., Lawton, OK 73501.

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