Archive for July 16th, 2016

Sylvia A. Gillespie Hughes

Saturday, July 16th, 2016

Sylvia Annette Gillespie Hughes, age 74, transitioned from this earth to heaven at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center on Saturday, July 16, 2016.  She was a member of Mount Calvary Baptist Church. She retired from the University of Tennessee Medical Center, Cytology Laboratory and was a member of the Austin High School Class of 1960. She is preceded in death by her husband of 44 years, James Edward Hughes; her parents, James E. and Hildrith D. Johnson Gillespie; sister, Janie M. Gillespie; nephews, DeWayne Gillespie and Marcus Carmichael; and other relatives.  She will be remembered by her children, James (Alexis) Gillespie Hughes and LaTisha Cleveland ( Terry) Thomas; grandchildren, Antonio Hughes, Janell Thomas and James H. Hughes; siblings, Frank, Dr. J. Harvey and Hildrith C. Gillespie, Darneta Brown and Bonita Gillespie; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.