A resident of Gonzales, passed at 9:30 pm Thursday, January 3, 2019 at Ochsner Health Center-Mid-City. He was 63 and a native of Norwich, CT. Services will be held at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, off Braud Road in Gonzales, on Saturday, January 12 at 2pm. He is survived by his daughter, Dekota Hughes; mother, Peggy Barrie-Hughes; two sisters, Wendy Hughes and Karina Hughes; nephew, Luke Hughes; a son in his heart, Joshua Taylor; and numerous close friends. He was preceded in death by his father, Charles Evans Hughes Sr. and his older brother, Charlie Evans Hughes Jr.