Harmon Hughes
Harmon Marcellious Hughes was born on December 18, 1903 in Trigg County, Kentucky. He was the oldest of ten children born to Luther Lee Hughes and Mattie Patterson Light Hughes. Luther was a farmer and he and Mattie were both natives of Trigg County. Harmon was a descendant of Starkie Thomas.
Harmon’s siblings were Verna Elizabeth Hughes, born in 1904 and married Clinton Harrell Stalons; Mary Catherine Hughes, born in 1906 and married Thomas Edward Mize; Lula Gertrude Hughes, born in 1908 and married John Robert Flood; Luther Bertram Hughes, born in 1909 and married Edna Earl Thomas; Edna Lorene Hughes, born in 1912 and married Charlie Calvert Flood; Richard Stanley Hughes, born in 1914 and married Avernell Boyd; James Raymond Hughes, born in 1916 and married Susie Gertrude Hammonds; Sarah Loutisha Hughes, born in 1919; and Thomas Alton Hughes, born in 1921 and married Hazel Douglas Lancaster.
Harmon grew up in Trigg County and went to the rural elementary schools. He left school after the eighth grade and went to work on his father’s farm.
On October 31, 1925, he married Georgia Lyle New. Georgia was born on October 3, 1904 in Trigg County, Kentucky, the daughter of George Mattison New and Lizzie Rhea Cobb New. George was a farmer and a timberman and both he and Lizzie were natives of Trigg County.
After Harmon and Georgia were married, he continued to work as a farmer and Georgia taught school in a one-room schoolhouse in the Siloam community of Trigg County. They later moved to Louisville, Kentucky where Harmon worked for the Ewing Milk Company. After the depression arrived, they moved back to Trigg County where Harmon again worked on the farm. In February 1934 a fire destroyed all their possessions. In 1935 the family moved to Henderson, Kentucky, where Harmon worked for a furniture manufacturing company. Harmon and Georgia lived in Henderson for the rest of their lives.
Harmon and Georgia were the parents of four children, Martha Lyle Hughes, born in 1927 and married Delmas John Norrick and then married Robert Dale Clements; Harmon Bernard Hughes, born in 1932 and married Janice Hazelwood and then married Martha Joyce Kirby; Carolyn Elizabeth Hughes, born in 1934 and married Sherman Douglas Staples; and Frieda Nell Hughes, born in 1938 and married Milton L. Frieburg.
Georgia died on February 29, 1952 at the age of 47 of a brain tumor at the Norton Memorial Infirmary in Louisville, Kentucky. She was buried in the Fairmont Cemetery in Henderson.
On March 27, 1953, Harmon married his second wife, Mary Dixon Townsend Clayton. Mary was born on November 6, 1908 in Providence, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Roland Gooch Townsend and Lockie Jane Dixon Townsend. Roland was a farmer and both he and Lockie were natives of Webster County, Kentucky. Harmon and Mary’s marriage ended in divorce.
Harmon died on January 10, 1983 at the age of 79 at the Community Methodist Hospital in Henderson. He was buried in the Fairmont Cemetery next to his wife, Georgia.
Georgia Hughes
Harmon and Georgia tombstone
LINEAGE: (Harmon Marcellious Hughes was the son of Luther Lee and Mattie Patterson Light Hughes. Mattie was the first child of John J. and Emeline Catherine Thomas Light. Emeline was the seventh child of Stanley and Emily Ann Light Thomas. Stanley was the second child of Starkie and Mary Bridges Thomas. Starkie was the fourth child of James and Mary Standley Thomas.)
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