Glenda S. Hughes

Glenda S. Hughes

September 8, 2025

Gilbert, South Carolina - Funeral service for Glenda Swygert Hughes, 85, will be conducted 1:00 p.m. Saturday, September 13, 2025 at Shiloh United Methodist Church with Rev. John Kronz, Rev. Ken Prill, Rev. Noble Miller, and Rev. Debbie Miller officiating. Pallbearers will be Timothy Price, Nathan Price, Scott Milliken, and Mike Daugherty. Burial will follow at St. Paul's Lutheran Church Priceville Road Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Friday, September 12, 2025 at Barr-Price Funeral Home and Crematorium, Historic B-L Chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Shiloh UMC, 100 Spring Hill Road Gilbert, SC 29054 or Society of St. Andrew, 3383 Sweet Hollow Road Big Island, Virginia 24526.

Mrs. Hughes passed away Monday, September 8, 2025. Born in Columbia, SC, she was the daughter of V. L. "Spark" and Lovelle Price Swygert. She graduated from Gilbert High School where she was the first female student body president in SC. At age 19, after graduating from Columbia College, she began her career teaching 8th Grade Math in Gilbert. She was a teacher and librarian for over 35 years. She married the love of her life, Philip Hughes, September 11, 1960. For 65 years, they grew and loved each other, celebrating their life at every opportunity. Later she became interested in Library Science and got her Masters from USC. She excelled at story-telling and encouraged her students to "discover and enjoy the treasures of the library." In 1975 she was awarded the North Carolina Terry Sanford award for Innovation and Creativity in Education. She was Teacher of the Year at West Pelzer Elementary, Cedar Grove Elementary, and S. Ray Lowder Middle School. A member of Alpha Delta Kappa, Phi Delta Kappa, the South Carolina Librarians Association, National Education Association and the South Carolina Education Association, she always encouraged her companions and students to leadership and excellence.

Glenda was very active in her community, primarily through her church. Born and raised a Lutheran, she was involved in Lutheran Women in Mission. Later in life as a member of Grace United Methodist Church, she participated in United Methodist Women and was awarded the United Methodist Women Lifetime Achievement Award. Through United Methodist Volunteers in Mission she helped communities in Costa Rica, Panama, and Mexico. She was active in hurricane relief efforts in South Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana. After retirement she became a team leader for the Society of St. Andrew, harvesting and sharing thousands of pounds of food for hungry communities in South Carolina.

Returning to Cotton Hollow, her childhood home, in 2019, she focused her life on friends, family, and her new church, Shiloh United Methodist, and her yard, ever expanding the flower beds with day lilies, Lenten roses, and many other plants.

Surviving include her husband of 65 years, Philip L. "Phil" Hughes; son, Philip Hughes, Jr. (Alice); 2 grandchildren, Catherine Louise Hughes and Stewart Price Hughes (Ruthanne); 1 great granddaughter, Sage Elanor Hughes.

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