Extracted from The Amarillo Globe-News (Amarillo, TX)
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Opal Oleta Slaton Hughes

DUMAS -- Opal Oleta Slaton Hughes, 90, died Saturday, March 7, 2009.

Graveside services will be at 3:30 p.m. today in Dumas Cemetery with Dale Freeman, minister, officiating. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors of Dumas.

Opal married Russell Hughes on Aug. 4, 1956, in Tucumcari, N.M. She was a member of Bible Baptist Church in Dumas, and had been a resident of the area since 1970.

Survivors include her husband; four children, Phil Hughes, Avis Ritchie, Jeanne King and Clinton Hughes; 14 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials be to Meals on Wheels, 310 E. First St., Dumas, TX 79029; or Memorial Home Health, 209 Bliss Ave., Dumas, TX 79029