The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-05-26
DEATH OF DR.. HUGHES
One Of Grenada's Oldest Citizens An.
SwerS Last Summons.

A' AAON"y hShS Ocosu Cidineu LII.
j. E. Hughes as its victim, the imme-
date cause being heart failure. He
was on the streets Monday, seemingly
in the best of health and in his usual
happy mood. That night he was seized
with one Of the sick spells that have
disturbed him no little for the past sew
eral years and the end came before
physician could reach his bedside.
In the death of DR.. Hughes. Grenada
loses citizen who has long been
prominent and important factor in the
history Of the community. When the
Civil War came on, he was one of the
gallant braves that enlisted in STAN
ford's battery, 18th Mississippi regi-
ment, to maintain the cause Of the
Confederacy. In the early days of the
war he was accidentally wounded in his
right hand, but this did not long deter
him from doing soldiers duty. He
was faithful and true as a soldier.
Only a few days ago did he attend a
reunion at Little Rock, and little did he
know that he would so soon be sum-
moned to q reunion on fields where
peace reigns supreme and where war
shall never be known.
He had been in the drug business all
of his life, and was ever loyal to Gren-
ada and all her interests. He knew
nothing but the utmost fidelity 70 his
friends-an attribute that undoubtedly
always meets heavens approval. He
was courtly in his bearing, chivalrous
in his department, and it ever seemed
to afford him extreme pleasure to do
the obliging act and the kindly thing.
He enjoyed an extensive acquaintance
and was blessed with wide circle OF
friends. He was ever solicitous about
the welfare of his acquaintances and
friends. The writer believes that he
bore no malice and that it was his
hearts desire to be at peace with the
! world. He was thoughtful, consider
ate and kind. As husband, he was
devoted, loving and true. AS father
he was tender and pathetic. He joyce
in his home and his family. He was {
member of the Presbyterian churcl
and Mason. He was never known II
give an expression that would minim
ize a reverence for the christian reli
gion and the hope of immortality. A
the years went by, he was more care
. full about his religious duties and churcl
obligations. No one would say that h
was without faults-but who is? Tn
writer was personally very fond of DR.
Hughes and believes that whatever de
: linquencies he might have had, wa
more than counterbalanced by the sun
: shine of his disposition and that mere
, which he was always inclined to shoy
3 to others. He will be sadly missed i
3 the community. He leaves vacan
: place in Grenada that will be hard t
fill, and now that he has crossed owe
f, the river, which all humanity mus
h sooner or later cross, may the worl
j gather up the rich and beneficent thing
: in his character and through them Sc
the beauty and grandeur of what is pre-
s pared beyond this ''vale of tears" fo
: those who trust in the blood of Rise
: Lord. He was So years old. He az
: ded to the store of good things in lii
t and the writer believes is now enjoyin
d an inheritance that 'fades not away.
a To the stricken wife and children tn
Sentinel tenders the sincerest syn
pathy.
The funeral services were conducts
Wednesday, 9 o'clock a. m, by Rev.
I" C. Carothers, pastor of the Presbyt'
rian church, after which the remaiI
were carried to Odd Fellows cemetel
y and laid to rest. with Masonic cerem
nies.
>. During the funeral hour every bus
:. ness house in Grenada closed its doc
a out of respect to the memory of Il
70 deceased.
Married.