Extracted from The Alexandria Daily Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Friday, September 20, 1946

MRS. SOPHRONIA C. HUGHES

OAKDALE, La., Sept. 20 -- (Special) -- Funeral services for Mrs. Sophronia C. Hughes, 67 year old, of Bunkie, who died in a Bunkie clinic Wednesday, were held at the Mount Olive Baptist church Thursday, with the Rev. H. T. Sullivan, pastor of the First Baptist church of Oakdale, officiating. Interment was in the Blue Branch cemetery.

Surviving her are two sons, J. B. Hughes, Merryville; A. E. Hughes of Orange, Texas; a daughter, Mrs. Byron Binckley of Bunkie; a brother, Richard Odom of Oakdale; three sisters, Mrs. D. A. Garland, Mrs. J. A. Rhoner, and Mrs. T. J. Lewis, all of Oakdale.