Walter Lee Hughes

Walter Lee Hughes was born September 3, 1934, in Glenwood Hot Springs, Arkansas to parents Albert Jackson and Bertha Lee (Hammonds) Hughes and entered eternal rest on November 11, 2017 at the age of 83.

Walter served in the Army from 1953 to 1956. He was mostly self-employed, owning a shop from which he worked as a mechanic and on construction. Walter had a beautiful personality and loved playing with his grandchildren. His many hobbies included fishing, working on cars, watching western movies, drinking, dancing and flirting with young ladies on weekends. He particularly enjoyed coffee and non-filtered cigarettes.

Walter is preceded in death by his parents; Albert Jackson and Bertha Lee (Hammonds) Hughes, stepfather Virgil (Cricket) Henderson, sister Ernestine Hughes Ford Baugh, brothers William T. Hughes, Otis Jackson Hughes and Harold Ray Hughes.

He is survived by brothers Virgil Henderson and wife Carolyn of Latexo, Texas, Tracy Henderson and wife Betty of Nogalous, Texas, Albert Henderson and wife Sharon of Kemp, Texas; sisters Katherine Jean Hughes Houston of Kemp, Texas and Reba Henderson Smiley of Kaufman, Texas; children Cherrie Hughes of Oklahoma, Patricia Hughes of Oklahoma, Allen Hughes of Oklahoma, Shelly Hughes Rossen of California, Rodney Hughes and wife Lisa of Oklahoma, Sobra Barton of California and Tracy Haney of California; several grandchildren and great grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews, loving family members and many more friends.