Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-05-23
OBITUARY.
CHARLES c. HUGHES.
'larksboro, N. j., May 19, 1912


This entire community was deeply
shocked to-day by the sudden death of
Mr.. Charles G. Hughes, who was
stricken as he was about to leave his
| yard for an automobile ride with his
friend, Mr.. Charles Steward.
Mr.. Hughes was born on January
19, 1850, at the old homestead on Man
tua Creek, and has spent the sixty-two
years of a most industrious and useful
life in this neighborhood.
In 1885 he engaged himself in the
general grocery business in the store
formerly occupied by the Davis Broth
ers; later purchasing the home of Dr..
Weatherby and erecting alongside of
it the store in which he conducted the
business with one or two short inter-
walls to the day of his death.
Mr.. Hughes activities, however,
were by no means confined to his busi-
ness, in which he distinguished him
self as a most faithful, obliging and
popular merchant
He was President of the Clarksboro
Building and Loan Association, and i'm
this office, which he served without
remuneration, his unselfish interest
and enthusiasm, has been the main
spring of the building of many homes
in this community He was also
President of the Clarksboro Fire Com
pany, and in this office which he also
served with the same singleness of
purpose and unselfishness of motive,
his efforts have resulted in the erec-
tion of a fire house which is a credit
to the village and an equipment which
is thoroughly efficient.
He was also an active member of
the Odd Fellows and Eagles.
In addition to these two offices
which he has held for many years
to the honor of the community, Mr.
Hughes never failed to identify him
self with every movement that would
tend to the progress and mategial
and moral uplift of the community.
The soul of honor himself, he never
forgot the honor of the community
and there are many uneounted lives
that are the better, the stronger and
the purer because of his influence and
interest. His genial personality has
impressed itself upon the community
in indelible lines, and in Clarksboro
there will be little need of monu-
ments to keep his memory green.
Not only those whom he has helped
and loved, but all who have work
lea with Ili1a in public and private,
all who have looked with his enthus-
iastic eyes upon every advance the
community has made, and all who,
like him, love those who love their
fellow men, have felt the deep pow
er of his faithfulness and unselfish-
ness
The whole community is stunned at
the sudden bereavement; but there
is no corner of it that has not been
touched by the radiant joy of his gem
ial and loving personality. that is not
the brighter and SUMMER for his life;
and there is no soul. high or low, that
is not to-day the stronger for his
| living
He has ennobled Clarksboro in his
life, and in the sudden shock of our
bereavement we can still gather up
| the scattered fragments of a blessed
memory, as we bless Gods Holy name
for faithful servant departed this
life in His faith and fear.
He leaves a wife, two brothers,
Robert D., of Woodbury.; Presmul,
of Camden and four sisters, Mrs.
Kate Starr, Harrisonville; Miss Mel
vina Hughes, Camden; Mrs. Emma
Gill, Philadelphia, and Mrs. Ella
Hughes, Woodbury..