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Living married Sharon Guyann Hughes Sharon (daughter of Guy Marcus Hughes and Johnnie Mae Speights) was born on 16 Dec 1942 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; died on 31 Jul 2008 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Forest Park Cemetery West, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Obituary

Funeral services for Mrs. Guyann Keene will be held Saturday, August 2, 2008 at 1:00 pm at Louisiana Funeral Care Chapel with Rev. Ray Holman officiating. Interment will follow at Forest Park Cemetery West. The family will receive friends for visitation Saturday from 11:00 am until service time. Casual dress was requested by Mrs. Keene.

The impact that Mrs. Guyann Keene had on lives around her was evident in the wake of joy she left. She was always bessed with the ability to make friends easily and also the ability to remember names. She will be missed by all who knew her.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Guy M. Hughes, DOB-Feb 16, 1920, DOD-Nov 4, 1995 and Johnnie M. Speights Hughes,(DOD:Feb. 2, 2007).

A wonderful, large family survives Mrs. Keene including her husband of 44 years, Wilbur Gayle Keene; daughter, Robin Williamson & husband Chuck; son, Brady Warren Keene and wife Stacy; Robin's children Rachel and Catie; Brady's children, Tyler, Joshua, Jordan Guy and Brittany Hope (dec); brother, Mark M. Hughes and wife Cindy; and numerous other relatives.

Pallbears will be Max Hughes, Andy Hughes, Ben Hughes, Chuck williamson, Randall Elliott, Vicki Nelson and Holly Hobson.

Copied from Find A Grave

Guy married Johnnie Mae Speights on 5 Sep 1941. Johnnie (daughter of Mermond Leon Speights and Rutha Elvie McLemore) was born on 6 Feb 1922 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 2 Feb 2007 in Bossier City, Bossier Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Sabine County Reporter
February 14, 2007, Page 9

Johnnie M. Speights Hughes

Johnnie M. Speights Hughes died Friday, Feb. 2, 2007 in Bossier City. Mrs. Hughes was a beautician for 35 years and a graduate of Guy's Beauty School. Survivors: a daughter, Sharon "Guyann" and husband Wilbur Gayle KEENE; son Mark Mermond HUGHES and wife Cindy FERRAN; grandchildren, Robin KEENE and husband Chuck WILLIAMSON, Brady KEENE and wife Stacy, Benjamin Mark HUGHES, William Maxwell HUGHES, and Andrew Phillip HUGHES; five great-grandchildren; and sisters, Ruth Dorine ROBINSON and Ruby Laverne GELLATLY. She was preceded in death by her husband, Guy M. HUGHES; and parents, Ruth Elvie McLEMORE and Mermond Leon SPEIGHTS. Funeral services were held Monday, Feb. 5, at 1 p.m. at Boone Funeral Home with Pastor Al Eden officiating. Interment followed at Forest Park West Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Boone Funeral Home Chapel in Shreveport.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, March 2007)

Mermond married Rutha Elvie McLemore on 22 Dec 1913. Rutha (daughter of John F. "Finn" McLemore and Rutha Triphene White) was born on 4 Dec 1893 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 19 Mar 1980 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The following obituary appeared in the 27 March 1980 issue of the SABINE COUNTY REPORTER HEMPHILL, TEXAS (Courtesy of Kay Parker McCary)

Ruth Speights

Funeral services for Ruth Elvie Speights, 86, of Pineland were at 2 pm March 20 in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Hemphill Cemetery.

Mrs. Speights died at 12:45 am March 19 in Hines Nursing Home in Pineland.

She was a lifelong resident of Sabine County.

Survivors include three daughters Mrs. Dorine Robinson of Pineland; Mrs. Laverne Gellatly of Beaumont and Mrs. Johnnie Hughes of Shreveport, La; one sister Mrs. Emma Cammack of Hemphill, three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.