Joseph Hughes

Joseph married Sarah (Hughes) about 1929 in , Avery County, North Carolina, . Sarah was born about 1909 in North Carolina, , , . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mollie Hughes McKinney, age 84, of Whitaker Branch Road, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019 at Johnson City Medical Center.

A native of Avery County, she was a daughter of the late Joe and Sarah Hughes and wife of the late Tommy McKinney, who passed away in 2015. She was also preceded in death by a Grandson: Christopher Buchanan and a Sister: Jo Mae Hughes. Mollie was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. She enjoyed sewing and gardening.

Left to cherish her memories are her Daughters: Carolyn Jones and husband, Dickie, Barbara Buchanan and husband, Colin, and Robin McKinney and Burl Farmer, all of Whitaker Branch Road; Siblings: Paul Hughes and Ford Hughes, both of Morganton, and Patsy Brewer of Roaring Creek; Grandchildren: Carol Ann Johnson and husband, Justin, and Eddie Jones; Great-grandchildren: Logan Johnson, Layken Johnson, Landon Johnson, Lillyanna Johnson, Lennon Johnson, Makenna Buchanan and Lexie Buchanan. Several nieces, nephews and cousins also survive.

Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 9, in Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Rev. Allen Laws and Pastor Cameron Dula officiated. Burial will follow in the Buchanan-McKinney Cemetery. Pallbearers were Dickie Jones, Colin Buchanan, Justin Johnson, Logan Johnson, Landon Johnson and Eddie Jones.

Mollie married Tom Joe McKinney on 18 Jun 1949 in , Avery County, North Carolina, . Tom (son of Dewey McKinney and Temperance "Tempie" Burleson) was born on 6 Nov 1930 in , Avery County, North Carolina, ; died on 30 Oct 2015 in , Avery County, North Carolina, ; was buried in Buchanan Cemetery, , Avery County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]