Mrs Emily Myrtie Hughes, age 79 of Chipley, passed away on Wednesday, Feb 24, 
1999 at Northwest Florida Community Hospital in Chipley.  She was a lifelong resident of Washington County.  She was of the Holiness faith.

Funeral services were Feb 27 at Brown Chapel with the Rev Richard Owens and the 
Rev Rudolph Sims officiating.  Burial followed in the Wausau Memorial Gardens with Brown Funeral Home directing.

Survivors include her sons Robert Lee Hughes and wife Lou Ann of Merritt Island, 
Florida and A J "Shorty" Hughes of Chipley; daughters Margaree LaGoris and husband George of Chipley and Linda McMillan and husband Marion of Ponce de Leon; sister Mary Cox of Chipley; brother Walter Jones and wife Alma Lee of Niceville, Florida; 19 grandchildren and 34 great-grandchildren.

SOURCE:  Holmes County Advertiser, 3 March 1999, Page 21