LINCOLN ROBERT HUGHES

NEVADA, Mo.- Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 29, at First Baptist Church in Nevada, Mo., for Lincoln Robert Hughes, 45, Nevada, Mo., who died Christmas morning, surrounded by his loved ones at this family farm, after a short and hard-fought battle with cancer. Mike Gage will officiate. Burial will be in Milo Cemetery, with Rev. David Curry officiating.

A Celebration of Life at the Elks Bingo Hall will be held following the services, where family will receive friends and family for an afternoon of fellowship and dinner.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested in his name to the Vernon County Youth Fair, Vernon County Cancer Relief or Children’s Center, in care of Ferry Funeral Home Nevada Mo.

The obituary may be viewed and condolences sent online at www.ferryfuneralhome.com.

Survivors include his wife, Trinnade Yount Hughes and their three sons, Cody Maeson, Caleb Robert and Cael Lincoln Hughes, all of Nevada, Mo.; two granddaughters, Hadley Mae and Hallie Jo Hughes, Nevada, Mo.; his parents, Robert and Sue Ellen Hughes; a sister, Lara Hughes and Kit Davidson and children Trenton, Catherine and Landon Johnson, Milo, Stephanie Johnson Lilley, Columbia, Chad Johnson, Cassville and Kiley Davidson, Gravette, Ark. He is also survived by Nancy Hughes, Lamar, Janet Hughes, Nevada, Mo. David Curry and wife Sibyl, Celina, Texas, Don Curry, Nevada, Mo., Ronda Curry and Don Donnelley, Colchester, VT and Cathy Post and husband Dan, Edmond, Okla., and a host of cousins family and friends.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Raymond and Jeanell Hughes and Leonard and Nancy Curry; his uncles, Raymond, Leroy and Ron Hughes and his aunt, Gillian Curry.

Mr. Hughes was born Dec. 18, 1977, in Nevada, Mo., to Robert Lee Hughes and Sue Ellen (Curry) Hughes. He was raised in the Milo area and graduated from Nevada High School in the Class of 1996. He knew from an early age that he wanted to be a farmer like his father and his grandfather. He and his father operated Hughes Family Farms, which has operations in Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas. He was featured in Fortune 500 magazine as a young leader in agriculture and was a part of the documentary depicting the life of an American Farmer called “Against the Grain”.

Mr. Hughes had a great respect for nature and the outdoors. He enjoyed fishing and hunting with family and friends. There were lots of stories told and memories made about the deer camp, quail hunts and Lake of the Ozark’s boy’s weekends.

He had a huge heart and was always happy to help others and supported many organizations in the region including the Vernon County Youth Fair, Vernon County Cancer Relief and The Children’s Center. When asked for help, it was common for him to simply say “how much do you need?”