THE CORDER JOURNAL 1-4-46
mtb: would have made it Dec 31, 1945 - Lafayette County, Missouri]
JAMES E. HUGHES DIES
James Hughes, a long time resident of our city, died suddenly in Lexington on Monday morning of this week. Death was presumably caused by a heart attack. He had reached the age of 73 years.
Funeral services were held in the Catholic church here Wednesday morning, conducted by the pastor, Father Jakabowski. Burial was made in the city cemetery. Pall bearers were Bob Edwards, D. E. Winfrey, Emmett Summers, Frank Ruchter, John Devlin and Leo Bauerle.
The deceased was born in Lawrence, Kansas on December 28, 1872, the son of James and Sarah Hughes. The family also resided in Cameron [mtb: Camden?], Mo. and Lexington, Mo. before coming to Corder when the deceased was still a young man. He had resided here since then.
Mr. Hughes was united in Marriage to Miss Nancy Rebecca Buchanan in Corder on February 7, 1907. To this union, four sons and two daughters were born, who together with the mother survive him. They are: Edward of Kansas City; Anna Mary (Mrs. Jack Kirchner) of St. Louis; Houston and Carthrae of Kansas City; Lawrence of Warsaw, Mo.; and Ruth (Mrs. Melvin Forsythe) Kansas City. He is also survived by three brothers, Steve and Mike Hughes of Kansas City, and Pete of California; and one sister, Miss Anna Hughes of Kansas City.
He followed the occupation of coal miner practically all of his life with the exception of a few years when he was employed as a route salesman for the Western Buyers Assn. He remained a consistent member of the Catholic Church all of his life.
About fifty years ago, he was accidently struck in the head by a train in Independence which so severely injured his skull that he had to have a silver plate placed in his skull. It is is thought that this was a contributing factor to his his recent illness. He also suffered several crushed vertabrae in his back in a coal mine accident about eight or nine years ago from which he never completely recovered.
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