Eunice (Bruce) Hughes (1916 - 1982)

Born 9 Dec 1916 in Smith County, Mississippi, USA

Wife of Barney Franklin Hughes — married 20 Nov 1937 in Simpson County, Mississippi, USA

Died 20 Oct 1982 at age 65 in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, United States

Eunice (Bruce) Hughes is buried in Meadowbrook Memorial Cemetery.

Biography

Eunice Bruce was born on Dec 09, 1916 in Smith County, Mississippi, USA as the third child of Martin Vanburen Bruce and Mary Lizzie Austin.

She had six siblings, namely: Auburn Martin, Audice Thelma, Woodrow Wilson, Curtis Bryan, Norvelle Gaddis, and James Howard.

She died on Oct 20, 1982 in Raleigh, Smith, Mississippi, USA (Magee General Hospital; Age at Death: 65). ^[1]

When she was 20, she married Barney Franklin Hughes, son of Robert Franklin Hughes and Minnie Lee Murray, on Nov 20, 1937 in Simpson County, Mississippi, USA. ^[2]

Eunice Bruce lived in Simpson, Mississippi in 1935. She lived in Beat 1, Simpson, Mississippi, USA in 1940 (25 Age: 25; AttendedSchool: No; EmploymentCode: 5; EmploymentDetails: Home Housework; EmploymentHistory: No; EnumerationDistrict: 64-9; GradeCompleted: High School, 4th year; Income: 0; IncomeOtherSources: No; IsEmployed: No; PublicEmergencyWork: No; SeekingWork: No; WeeksWorked: 0; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Wife RelationToHead: Wife).

She lived in , Simpson, Mississippi, USA in 1950 (StreetAddress: State Farm Road; 33 Age: 33; EnumerationDistrict: 64-16; IsEmployed: No; LiveOnFarm: Yes; OccupationCategory: Keeping House; SeekingWork: No; WorkedLastWeek: No; Wife RelationToHead: Wife; Married MaritalStatus: Married). Race: (White)

She was buried in Magee, Simpson County, Mississippi, USA (Meadowbrook Memorial Cemetery). ^[3]

Barney Franklin Hughes and Eunice Bruce had the following child:

1. Gerald Hughes was born in 1941 in Mississippi, USA.

Sources

1. ↑ Obituary for Eunice Bruce Hughes
2. ↑ "Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DQ4J-7HMM : Fri Mar 08 14:37:39 UTC 2024), Entry for Mr Barney Hughes and R.f. Hughes, 20 Nov 1937.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55029013/eunice-hughes: accessed April 1, 2024), memorial page for Eunice Bruce Hughes (9 Dec 1916–20 Oct 1982), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55029013, citing Meadowbrook Memorial Cemetery, Magee, Simpson County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by MyrtisJane (contributor 47090616).

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J59Q-Y3D : 10 January 2021), Eunice Hughes, Oct 1982; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNTN-7G3 : Fri Mar 08 08:49:12 UTC 2024), Entry for Martin V Bruce and Lizzie Bruce, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9MZ-KDQ : Sun Mar 10 20:36:55 UTC 2024), Entry for Mark V Bruce and Mary L Bruce, 1930.
• "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB33-XZL : Sat Mar 09 17:32:40 UTC 2024), Entry for Barney Hughes and Eunice Hughes, 1940.
• "United States 1950 Census", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FM7-K8BN : Tue Mar 19 08:04:33 UTC 2024), Entry for Barney F Hughes, 10 April 1950.
• "United States 1950 Census", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FM7-7MQ1 : Tue Mar 19 10:48:23 UTC 2024), Entry for Eunice Hughes and Dale Grubbs, April 10, 1950.