HUGHES, Richard Elmore, of Arlington Island, James City County, and formally of Richmond, Va., left us on August, 29, 2014, after a short but heroic battle with cancer. Richard was a Senior Scientist for many of his 40 years with Reynolds Metals Company, and retired as Director, of the Physical Metallurgical Laboratory. He was predeceased by his parents, Mitchell Elmore and Etta Taylor Hughes; his first wife, Eleanor Norris Hughes; and his first born son, Brian Scott Hughes. He is survived by his sons, Robert Mitchell Hughes and Jonathan Taylor Hughes; grandson, Richard "Ricky" Hughes; brother and sister-in-law, Horace and Barbara Hughes; sisters and brothers-in-law, Nancy and Roy Gifford and Jane and Brian Moody; numerous nieces and nephews, great- nieces and great-nephews, his former wife, Linda Sears Jones; and many friends. Please join us at a family visitation in celebration of Richards's life to be held October 5 at the Wellesley Clubhouse, 3605 Lauderdale Dr., Richmond, Va. 23233, to share your memories of Richard with family and friends between 12:30 and 3 p.m. Richard believed in the power of God and the continuance of family. Proof of both life in the birth of first great-grandchild on the day after his death as Richard, the Scientist, would say "Life goes on-Enjoy!"
Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA) - Sunday, September 21, 2014
HUGHES, Richard Elmore, of Arlington Island, James City County, and formally of Richmond, Va., left us on August, 29, 2014, after a short but heroic battle with cancer. Richard was a Senior Scientist for many of his 40 years with Reynolds Metals Company, and retired as Director, of the Physical Metallurgical Laboratory. He was predeceased by his parents, Mitchell Elmore and Etta Taylor Hughes; his first wife, Eleanor Norris Hughes; and his first born son, Brian Scott Hughes. He is survived by his sons, Robert Mitchell Hughes and Jonathan Taylor Hughes; grandson, Richard "Ricky" Hughes; brother and sister-in-law, Horace and Barbara Hughes; sisters and brothers-in-law, Nancy and Roy Gifford and Jane and Brian Moody; numerous nieces and nephews, great- nieces and great-nephews, his former wife, Linda Sears Jones; and many friends. Please join us at a family visitation in celebration of Richards's life to be held October 5 at the Wellesley Clubhouse, 3605 Lauderdale Dr., Richmond, Va. 23233, to share your memories of Richard with family and friends between 12:30 and 3 p.m. Richard believed in the power of God and the continuance of family. Proof of both life in the birth of first great-grandchild on the day after his death as Richard, the Scientist, would say "Life goes on-Enjoy!"
Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA) - Sunday, September 21, 2014
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