Alma Brooks Hughes

HUGHES, Alma Brooks, of Richmond, widow of Robert Wesley Hughes, passed away on her 92nd birthday Wednesday, September 29, 2010. She is survived by her daughter, Geraldine Person and her husband, Ken; her son, Robert W. Hughes; and a devoted friend, Valerie Ruggieri, all of Glen Allen. Other survivors include two granddaughters, Allison M. Hughes and Kelly Thomasson Mercer and her husband, Clark; three grandsons, Kennon D. Person Jr. and his wife, Rebecca, Rodney H. Person and his wife, Wendy, and Robert Evan Hughes; and six great-grandchildren, Tripp, Zachary, Andy, Reilly, Emily and Bonnie. She was preceded in death by her sister, Cecil E. Brooks. Mrs. Hughes was employed by Bennett Funeral Home for 30 years. She was a member of Blanche Spencer Chapter #11 O.E.S., and had been a member of the former Boulevard Baptist Church. The family will receive friends from 12 to 2 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, September 30, at the Central Chapel of Bennett Funeral Home, 3215 Cutshaw Ave., where services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, October 1. Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society for Research, 4240 Park Place Court, Glen Allen, Va. 23060, or Children's National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20010.


This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.