E. Hughes Obituary

E. L. "Buddy" Hughes ALVIN, S.C. - Mr. Edward L. "Buddy" Hughes, 74, of Alvin, SC, a retired crane operator at the Charleston Naval Shipyard, died Sunday evening in a Charleston hospital. His memorial service will be 4:00 PM Thursday afternoon, June 11, 2009, in the CHAPEL OF DIAL-MURRAY FUNERAL HOME, MONCKS CORNER. Friends may call at the funeral home from 3:00 PM until the hour of service on Thursday. Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to the Kidney Foundation of SC, 500 Taylor Street, Ste 101, Columbia, SC 29201-3000. Mr. Hughes was born November 2, 1934, in McColl, SC, a son of Walter Leon Hughes and Evelyn Parks Hughes. He was a US Air Force veteran and a member of the Mt. Zion United Methodist Church. He was a Mason and a member of the Scottish Rite. Mr. Hughes was preceded in death by a brother, Jimmy Hughes. Surviving are his wife, Hazel DeHay Hughes; two daughters, Sharon H. Thompson and her husband, Steve, of Ladson, and Alice H. Pace and her husband, Ray, of Riverview, FL; a step-daughter, Marguerite R. Hiott and her husband, Steve, of Goose Creek; three step-sons, Joseph Ayers and his wife, Virginia, of Sumter, Rick Dangerfield and his wife, Jenny, of Hanahan, and Michael Dangerfield and his wife, Susan, of Marion; three sisters, Nadara H. Andrews of Clover, Jenelle H. Baker of McDonough, GA, and Kathleen H. Pabst of Littleton, NC; four grandchildren, Charles S. Langston, Jr., Bradley Jackson, Joseph E. Johnson, and Joshua A. Johnson; nine step- grandchildren, Jeremy C. Hiott, Andrew S. Hiott, Brandon Dangerfield, Kyle Dangerfield, Matthew Dangerfield, Jessica Hill, Amanda Hiott, Elizabeth Hiott, and Olivia Hiott; and six great grandchildren. Online condolences may be sent to the family via www.dial-murrayfuneralhome.com. Visit our guestbook at www.postandcourier.com/deaths