Farmers Branch Resident Succumbs

FARMERS BRANCH, Dallas Co., Texas. Aug. 23. - Mrs. Theo Leona Hughes, 83, who came to Texas with her husband Charles Hughes, in 1904 and who had lived near here most of the time since, died Saturday.
She was born in Scottsville, Ky., had been a member of the Baptist Church for fifty years.
She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Ivory Hughes; two sons, Ellis Hughes and LeRoy Hughes; two sisters, Mrs. Orpha Moody and Mrs. Bettie Oliphant; a brother, George Braswell; fifteen grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at the Farmers Branch Baptist Church at 5 p.m. Sunday

The Dallas Morning News - August 24, 1941
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams

Funeral Held For Mrs. Theo Hughes

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at three o'clock in the Farmers Branch Baptist Church for Mrs. Theo Leoma Hughes, 83, who died in her home there Saturday.
The services were conducted by Rev. W. R. Haynie, Rhoton Funeral Home was in charge and burial was in the Farmers Branch Cemetery.
Theo Leoma Braswell was born at Scottsville, Ky., on Nov 29, 1857, and was the daughter of Leroy and Polly Ann Braswell. She was a member of the Baptist church.
Survivors include two sons, Ellis Hughes and Leroy Hughes; one daughter, Mts. Ivory Hughes; two sisters, Mrs. Orpha Moody and Mrs. Betty Oliphant; one brother, George Braswell and thirteen grandchildren and two great grand children.

The Carrollton Chronicle - Friday, August 29, 1941
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams

THEO LEOMA HUGHES
NOV. 29, 1857
AUG. 23, 1941

Keenan Cemetery Branch, Dallas County, Texas