Horatio Hughes Obituary

HUGHES, JR. Horatio Entered into eternal rest on the morning of December 31, 2004, Horatio (Harry) Hughes, Jr., husband of the late Grace White Hughes. Funeral services will be held Monday, January 3, 2005 at eleven o'clock at the graveside in Magnolia Cemetery. Friends may call at J. HENRY STUHR, INC., DOWNTOWN CHAPEL Sunday between four and five o'clock. Born April 26, 1920 in Tallahassee, Florida, he was the son of the late Horatio Hughes, Sr. and the late Josephine Lane Hughes. Harry came to Charleston in 1924 when his father returned to accept a position with the College of Charleston as a professor of Chemistry. Harry graduated from the College of Charleston in 1942 with degrees in Chemistry and Mathematics. He was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He was a US Navy veteran and served in World War II in the Pacific on a DMS 36 Destroyer. He began working as Development Engineer, Technical Services Division, for Westvaco, Kraft Division in January 1955 and retired in March 1985 as Product Development Staff Assistant where he concentrated much of his energy in the area of new products for the Kraft Division. Through his efforts as Technical Service Supervisor, he hired and guided many young engineers in their chosen career path. Harry was a loving husband and a wonderful father and grandfather. He was known for his sense of humor, and he never met a stranger. Surviving are his daughters Pamela Hughes Ashton and her husband Patrick of Roswell, GA, Kathie Hughes Stuber and her husband Gary of Goose Creek, and Rebecca Hughes DenOuden and her husband Dale of Asheville, NC; a sister, Patricia Hughes Farrow and her husband Thomas of Charleston, two grandchildren, Caitlin Lane Stuber and Jason Hughes Stuber of Goose Creek, and several nieces and nephews. Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Lutheran Hospice, 900 Johnnie Dodds Blvd., Suite 200, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 or the Alzheimer's Association, Palmetto Chapter, P.O. Box 80459, Charleston, SC 29416. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.