Eric Jonathan Hughes

May 11, 1978 - August 8, 2015

Eric Jonathan Hughes of Vestavia Hills died August 8, 2015 at the age of 37.

He graduated from Vestavia Hills High School, where he played basketball and

baseball and was a member of three consecutive baseball state championships.

He went to Birmingham Southern College where he was selected into Phi Beta

Kappa, was a member of Theta Chi National Fraternity, and was a member of

the baseball team. He received a D.M.D. from the University of Alabama

School of Dentistry and a M.P.H. from the University of Alabama at

Birmingham. He was an Orthodontic Resident at Case Western Reserve

University in Cleveland, Ohio, where he received a M.S.D. He worked at

Birmingham Orthodontics for two years before becoming owner of Tuscaloosa

Orthodontics in 2009.

He is survived by his loving wife, Sara Price Hughes and three beautiful

daughters, Elizabeth, Catherine and Lauren and his much loved dog, Molly.

He is also survived by his parents, Glenn and Patsy Hughes and a loving

great aunt, Faye Keesee (Bay). He was preceded in death by his

grandparents, Lewis and Ida Cole and Olden and Anne Hughes. He has been a

life-time member at Vestavia Hills United Methodist Church.

The family will receive friends Wednesday, August 12 from 12:30 p.m. at

Vestavia Hills United Methodist Church Parlor. A memorial service will

follow in The Sanctuary at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers the family requests

that donations be made to Vestavia Hills United Methodist Church, 2061

Kentucky Avenue, Vestavia Hills, AL 35216 or The Salvation Army, P.O. Box

11005, Birmingham, AL 35202.