Obituary

Odie Lee "O. L." Hughes, Jr.

April 29, 1934 - May 8, 2023

Odie Lee "O. L." Hughes, Jr, age 89 and of Tylertown, Mississippi, passed away Monday, May 8, 2023 at the HCA Houston Healthcare in Kingwood, Texas. He was born Sunday, April 29, 1934 in Tylertown, Mississippi.

Visitation will be held on Wednesday, May 10, 2023 from 4:30 PM until 9:00 PM at Capps Funeral Home in 270 Old Hwy 98 E, Tylertown, Mississippi. Visitation will also be held on Thursday, May 11, 2023 from 11:00 AM util funeral service at 12 Noon at Capps Funeral Home in Tylertown, Mississippi. Burial will follow in Crystal Springs Cemetery in Tylertown, Mississippi.  Reverend Danny Stevens will officiate. Capps Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. 

Mr. O. L. was well known in Tylertown and Dexter community. He made many friends over the years operating The Palace Drive Inn in Franklinton, Louisiana and his dozer/tractor service. He was a cattle master that loved working on the farm and raising cattle.

He was preceded in death by his daughter Debra Ann Smotherman; mother of his children Mary Jo Dunaway Hughes; father Odie Lee Hughes; mother Queen Victoria Lassiter Hughes; brother Woodrow Hughes; sister Ruth Hughes Warner; and son-in-law Mark Jones.

Survivors include his sons Odie Lee Hughes, III (Debbie) and Mark Duane Hughes (Debra); daughters Katrina Hughes Jones and Susan Hughes Thigpen (Donald); 14 grandchildren; 25 great grandchildren; 1 great great grandchild; sister-in-law, Earline Hughes; wife Irma Mills White Hughes; along with a host of nieces, nephews, friends, and loving family.

Pallbearers will be Odie Hughes IV, Mark Hughes Jr, Donald Thigpen Jr, Cody Metzler, Godfrey Mizell, and Woodrow Hughes.