Hughes, Matt | Djournal | djournal.com

Samuel Matthew Hughes, 46, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, April 9, 2021 in Tupelo. He was born on February 27, 1975 in Tupelo to Gene and Linda Hughes. Matt was a 1994 graduate of Tupelo Substantial School where he was a member of the 1992 Condition Championship Football team and is a member of the Tupelo Superior College Football Hall of Fame. He attended Centenary School in Shreveport, LA. Matt labored along with his father advertising industrial stitching thread for Coats American Thread Providers and still managed a number of lively accounts. In addition to the thread enterprise, he was used as a supervisor at IQOR for five many years. Matt cherished sports, golf and fishing and was a loyal Mississippi State Bulldog. He never achieved a stranger and was cherished by all who encountered him. He is survived by his wife, Justice his mother, Linda sister Tanya Wilson (Larry) and brother, Andy Hughes (Merrie). He is also survived by his nieces and nephews, Stephanie Raper (Robby), Justin Wilson (Jennifer), Bryan Carter, Jake Hughes and Mattie Hughes as effectively as fantastic nieces and nephews, Mackenzie (Bradley) and their daughter Willa, Daniel and Emma Raper and an aunt, Pam Hughes. He was preceded in death by his father, and a brother Ernest Eugene Hughes, Jr. Graveside products and services will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 13 at Lee Memorial Park with Reverend Tim Brown officiating. W.E. Pegues Funeral Administrators is entrusted with the arrangements. Honorary pallbearers will be his nephews and good nephews. Memorials may be made to East Heights Baptist Church Youth Fund, 205 Lake Avenue, Tupelo, MS 38804. Expressions of sympathy may be left at www.peguesfuneralhome.com.