Robert Earl Hughes
1926–1958 (age 32)
Biography
Robert Earl Hughes, born in 1926, faced enormous physical challenges from a young age and yet welcomed visitors with warmth, humor, and an unwavering smile that belied his struggles.
He became a figure of public fascination and private admiration, drawing attention to the human stories behind extraordinary health conditions and leaving behind a memory of compassion when he passed in 1958; he is interred in Benville.