Mr. Billy Leon Hughes

Mr. Billy Hughes, age 84, of the Subligna Community, passed away Wednesday, December 21, 2022, at his residence, surrounded by his loved ones.
He was born May 11, 1938, in Jamestown, AL, to the late Clyde and Myrtle Vaughn Hughes. He was a member of Fishers Chapel Church where he served on the Board of Trustees for a number of years.
Billy graduated from Subligna High School and attended Northeast State, Coosa Valley Tech, and Dalton College. Prior to his retirement in 2011, he was employed as Building Inspector for the City of Summerville. Billy was also on the Board of Trustees for the Subligna Community Center. He loved sports and participated in many of them. He was known for his love of mud bogging. He built his own vehicle and was well known for his purple people mud buggy.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Hughes was preceded in death by a brother, David Lee Hughes; and two grandsons, Nicky Hughes and Dylan Hurley.
Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Winona Tudor Hughes; daughter, Angie and Larry Shankles; son, Andy Hughes; grandchildren, Greg and Becky Wheeler, Ashley Manning, Cody and Madison Hughes, Savannah and Buck Barker; great-grandchildren, Ethan Wheeler, Blake Brown, Ella Manning, Bowden and Holden Hughes, and Dawson Shankles; sister, Diane and Bill Tyndall; brothers, Jimmy Cheryl Hughes; Harold and Cristy Hughes.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Tuesday, December 27, 2022, at Fishers Chapel Church with Rev. Jimmy Hughes, Mr. Randy Rush, and Miss Sandra Townsell officiating. Interment will follow in Fishers Chapel Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Greg Wheeler, Ethan Wheeler, Cody Hughes, Blake Brown, Don Harrison, John Pledger, James Evans, and Josh Edwards. Honorary pallbearers will be Ashley Manning, Becky Wheeler, Madison Hughes, Gabby Wilson, Savannah Barker, and Leslie Poole.
Mr. Hughes will be in state at Fishers Chapel Church and the family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 P.M. Monday, December 26, 2022. He will also be in state from 12:00 Noon until the hour of service on Tuesday.
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