Post by Rodney Trent Briles on Jan 20, 2021 19:05:58 GMT -5
Mrs. Ida Rea Welborn Hughes, 90, passed away on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at the Henry Etta & Bruce Hinkle Hospice House.
A private family graveside service will be held. Mrs. Hughes will lie in state at the J.C. Green & Sons Funeral Home in Thomasville on Friday, January 22, 2021 from 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM for members of the community to pay their respects.
Born on July 13, 1930 in Davidson County, NC to Carl Odell Welborn and Pearlie Mae Copple Welborn. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Jaffie Cletus Hughes, Sr. on December 26, 2002; six sisters, Martha Craven and husband Fred, Ruth Underwood and husband D.J., Edna Baugh and husband William, Lorene Hayes, Brenda Gallimore, and Ruby Carroll and husband Ray; and two brothers, Carl Odell Welborn, Jr. and Luther Welborn.
Surviving is her daughter, Jamie Hughes Huffman and husband Gary of Denton; son, Jaffie Cletus “J.C.” Hughes, Jr. and wife Betty of Raleigh; brother, John Welborn and wife Janice of Randleman; sisters, Helen Louise Byrd and husband Bobby and Betty Elkins, all of Archdale; and three grandchildren, Virginia Wyde and husband Jason of Angier, NC, Julie Marie Floyd of Lexington, and Bradley Cletus Hughes of Raleigh.
Mrs. Hughes' grandmother is Martha Jane Briles Welborn