Richard L. Hughes
Richard “Dick” Lyden Hughes, 89, of Marietta passed away at 5:15am, Sunday, April 2, 2017 at Marietta Memorial Hospital. He was born January 10, 1928, in Akron, OH, a son of John and Mary Lyden Hughes.
Dick came to Marietta with Remington Rand and retired as an accountant. He served in the U. S. Army and was a graduate of Kent State University and a member of the Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption.
He married Jean Ambler who preceded him in death. He is survived by two sons and one daughter: Thomas A. Hughes of Marietta, Timothy L. (Julie A.) Hughes of Georgetown, KY, Mary F. (Thomas Graves) Hughes of Atlanta GA; 10 grandchildren: Jancinda Burton, Justin Hughes, Isaiah Hughes, Sunshine Hughes, Sarah Hughes, Phillip Hughes, Amanda Hughes, Christopher Hughes, Elizabeth Graves, Sarah Graves; 2 great grandchildren, Harmony and Trevin Hughes. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife and brother John Hughes.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday (Apr. 5) at 10:00 am at Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption with interment in the new St. Mary’s Cemetery. Friends may call at McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home on Tuesday evening from 6 until 8 pm. Messages of sympathy may be sent at www.Lankford.com.