Dateline: Green Mountain, NC

Delbert Vaughn Hughes, age 90. of Thelmas Lane, Green Mountain, NC, passed away May 23, 2022. He was a native of Mitchell County, NC and a son of the late Nealy and Pearl Miller Hughes. He was a Veteran of The United States Army and a member of Brummitts Creek Freewill Baptist Church.

Survivors include: nieces;  Marcia Hoilman (Bradley), Sharon Carroll, and Mary Ann Murphy, great nephews; Joshua Hoilman, and John Murphy, and great niece; Shaina Burleson.

He was preceded in death in addition to his parents by; three sisters; Hazel Hughes, Thelma Tipton, and Rebecca Masters, two brothers; Neal and Junior Hughes, and a nephew Stephen Masters.

Funeral services will be held Friday, May 27, 2022 at 2:00PM in the chapel of Henline - Hughes Funeral Home with Rev. Darrell Tipton and Rev. Kent Murphy officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow the service at Tipton - Griffith Cemetery, with Military Honors being conducted by Sgt. EL Randolph Chapter 57 DAV.

Henline - Hughes Funeral Home is assisting the Hughes family.