HUGHES, Robert Dale
Source: Thanks to the Covington Public Library for sending their wonderful collection of obituaries to share with you here (especially Brenda) - 1950 C Book p 97 hand dated 13 Feb 1959
Funeral services were held Tuesday at the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Covington for Robert Dale Hughes, 19 who was killed instant in an automobile accident near Marmet, W VA last Friday morning. Robert’s two companions both died as a result of the head on crash of their car with a semi-trailer truck. Robert Dale was the only son of Mrs. Bernice Purfeerst Hughes and the late Bert Hughes. He was born in Covington March 11, 1939 and graduated from the Covington Community HS in 1957. Surviving are the mother and three sisters, Mrs. Rita White of Indianapolis; Mrs Marylou Cooper of Covington and Miss Rose Hughes of Lafayette. Burial was in Prescott Cemetery north of Covington with Hegg Funeral Home in charge.