Dec 23, 2020
Beatrice Hughes passed from this life on December 21, 2020. Bea was an indomitable spirit, a workhorse warrior, who was always meticulously groomed, even for a casual trip to the store. Her family thought she was indestructible.
Bea was born at home, off a dirt road, deep up a holler in Doddridge County, West Virginia, on February 16, 1929. Raised by her grandmother, she survived the “Great Depression shucking walnuts, forgoing shoes, and wearing a flour sack for clothes.
Without much formal education, through the dint of hard work, she made her way to Weirton, West Virginia, where she met and married the father of her four daughters, Glenn “Buddy” Hughes. Tragedy struck all too soon. Her husband died at thirty-two years of age, leaving her with three girls under six and six months pregnant with the youngest.