No services are scheduled at this time. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Moore Funeral Home Bowen Road, 4216 S. Bowen Road, Arlington.
He was born William Francis Hughes on December 16, 1939 in London Ontario, Canada, a son of Wendell Lochead Hughes and Sara Arwilda Rupp Hughes. William was a trainman and loved to be out on the water. One of his last jobs was being a tugboat captain.
He is survived by two sons, George Wendell Hughes and Francis William Hughes of Lexington, Kentucky; two sisters, Margaret Smith of Tennessee and Nancy Beel of Arlington, Texas; and several nieces and nephews.
Please sign his on-line guest book at www.moorebowenroad.com.