Louise Hughes

Friday, March 16, 2012

HOUMA, La. -- Louise Hughes, 89, formerly of Dexter, Mo., died March 12, 2012, at the Terrebonne General Medical Center in Houma.

Born June 4, 1922, in Essex, Mo., to the late Ollie C. and Leila Kamplain Pruitt, she was a retired manager of the Holiday Inn.

On July 5, 1939, at Piggott, Ark., she married John Henry Hughes Jr. who preceded her in death on June 30, 1994.

She was also preceded in death by one son, John Pruitt Hughes, and one sister, Barbara Johnson.

She is survived by: two daughters and sons-in-law, Linda L. and Gordon Klippenstein of Hamilton, Mont., and Connie S. and Gail Feltman of Houma; one daughter-in-law, Victoria Hughes; and 10 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and eight great-great-grandchildren.

Visitation is scheduled from noon until time of services at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter with Eric Dabbs officiating.

Burial will follow in the Dexter Cemetery.