Jimmie Hughes

WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY     (Washington County, Utah)

JIMMIE HUGHES

(died constructing the Virgin River Gorge)

BIOGRAPHY

Jimmie Hughes was born on May 5, 1928 on the Hughes family ranch at the base of the Sanford Mountains, just outside of Panguitch, Utah.

Hughes served an LDS mission in the North Central States and served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army in Korea.

He raised his family in St. George where he was heavily involved with the Boy Scouts, was a Little League Baseball coach, and worked as a custodian at Woodward Middle School.

On September 22, 1970, Jimmy died after crashing a short-bed dump truck off an embankment inside the gorge. He was the only one of the Virgin River Gorge workers to die on the job.

Jimmie Hughes in buried in the Mount Trumbull Cemetery.


FAMILY

Jimmie's Parents and Siblings:
    Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
    Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
        Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
        Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
        Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
        Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
        Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx

(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married xx/xx/xxxx)
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(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
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Ila May's Parents and Siblings:
    Chester Marion Bundy
    Genavieve Bundy Bundy
        Lavieve Bundy
        Chester Lamar Bundy
        Owen Lavoyd Bundy
        Arliene Bundy
        Wayne J Bundy
        Ila May Bundy
        Kay Argwen Bundy
        Tina C Bundy
        Nina Vee Bundy
        Lynna Rue Bundy
        Ramona Bundy
        Weeta Bundy
        Bonnie Bee Bundy
        Clo Ella Bundy
        Jo Etta Bundy
        Mark E Bundy
        Eddie Marion Bundy


(10/13/1901-4/10/1980)   (married 12/15/1924)
(12/16/1907-7/7/1997)
(8/2/1925-10/16/1925)
(4/17/1927-4/27/2003)   (married June Lorraine Hunting)
(9/21/1929-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(9/6/1931-11/24/1931)
(12/30/1932-1/18/1933)
(5/11/1934-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(12/30/1937-4/24/1938)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(7/9/1943-11/12/1944)
(12/4/1945-2/12/1946)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)

Jimmie & Ila May's Family:
    Jimmie Hughes
    Ila May Bundy Hughes
        Janice Mae Hughes
        Denice Jay Hughes
        Stacey Odel Hughes
        Arlin Sanford Hughes
        Aprilee Hughes
        Tarrell Mckay Hughes
        Ilona Hughes
        Ivona Hughes
        Marsha Hughes
        Jimmie Bundy Hughes


(5/5/1928-9/22/1970)   (married xx/xx/xxxx)
(5/11/1934-xx/xx/xxxx)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/1970-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Tawny X. Xxxxxxxx)


PHOTOS

Photos on the web:
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REFERENCES

My Father's Highway: Building I-15 Through the Virgin River Gorge
This Phil Tuckett video deals with the building of I-15 through the Virgin River Gorge
    with special emphasis on the people involved, including Jimmie Hughes
    who was the only one to lose his life working on the project.

Film celebrates history of the Virgin River Gorge
article by David DeMille
The Spectrum,   December 21, 2014

Proclamation of Jimmie Hughes Day in St. George,   September 2, 2014

Billion Graves entry for Jimmy Hughes

Find-A-Grave entry for Chester Marion Bundy