Billie Hughes

Memorial services will be at 4:00 P.M. on Saturday, November 10, 2012 at Brooks Chapel with Pastor Paul Nachtigall, Highland Baptist Church of Pampa, officiating. Billie "Pete" Hughes was born on February 21, 1928 in Borger to Bill and Frankie Graves Hughes. He graduated from McLean High School where he played football then attended Texas Tech and West Texas State University. He married Velma Jean McLaughlin in 1957. She preceded him in death in 1995. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army and the Merchant Marines, serving in WWII and the Korean War. He was an xray lab technician at Medical Surgical Clinic in Pampa. He was a Mason, a Shriner, and was a Baptist. He enjoyed fishing, operating his ham radio, and loved traveling in Mexico. Billie was also preceded in death by a sister, a grandson, and a great granddaughter. Survivors include two daughters, Karen Hughes, of Amarillo and Pam Best, of Pampa; a son, Russell Hughes and wife, Trisha, of Pampa; three sisters, Barbara Wood and husband, Kenneth, of Merkel, Lota Hughes, of Tallahassee, FL, and Ann Doan and husband, Ronny, of Merkel; two brothers, Gary Smith, of Jasper, TX and Barry Ford Smith and wife, Myrna, of Amarillo; seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Shriners Children"s Hospital, PO Box 328, Amarillo, TX 79105.