Robert Christopher “Robbie/Rob” HUGHES^[1]

1969 - 2005  (35 years)

• Name	Robert Christopher “Robbie/Rob” HUGHES  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Born	20 Oct 1969	Cherry Point MCAS, Cherry Point, North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  HIST	Phone call to me, Jacqueline K. Hughes, from Ted Hughes at 0543 on 16 Jun 2005. Ted said that the Embassy had called Donna and said that the Thailand police had found him dead in his hotel room. An autopsy will be done to find the cause of death. Call from Guy Lawson at the Bangkok, Thailand, Embassy at 2310 on 16 Jun 2005, states the a preliminary report will be issued with the cause of death as “respiratory failure”. It may take up to a month to get all the autopsy reports back. He could leave Thailand on Monday with him arriving back in South Carolina on Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. Guy M. Lawson 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
  Occupation	Emergency Medical Technician (formerly with Richland and Calhoun County, South Carolina) and was employed with KBR (Kellog, Brown, and Root) as a paramedic, stationed in Iraq, at the time of his death  [16]
  _UID	C7AF5DD3D41A44E999FE5CAE005E8EEF3DD2
  Buried	19 Jun 2005/27 Jun 2005	memorial celebration of Robert C. Hughes’ life/Sumter Cemetery, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina   [4]
  	Shives Funeral Home, Colonial Chapel, 5202 Colonial Drive, Columbia, South Carolina
  Died	15 Jun 2005	Kay Place, Room 116, Naret Damri Road, Hua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Thailand   [3, 8, 17]
  Person ID	I16	Singleton and other families
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	(Living) HUGHES
  Mother	(Living) HUTCHINSON
  Family ID	F2	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	(Living) ROLLINS
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2020
  Family ID	F10	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Robert C. Hughes Columbia - Robert Christopher Hughes, 35, husband of Donna Joy (Rollins) Hughes, died Wednesday, June 15, 2005, in Hua Hin, Thailand. He was born October 20, 1969, in Cherry Point, North Carolina, to Dexter F. Hughes Jr. and Jacqueline Kay (Hutchinson) Hughes. He grew up in North Charleton, SC. He was employed with Kellog, Brown, and Root (KBR) Medical as an EMT stationed in Iraq and was on R & R in Thailand at the time of his death. He was formerly employed as an EMT with both Richland and Calhoun Counties. He is survived by his wife of Swansea, SC, his mother of Sumter, SC, (formerly of North Charleston, SC, his in-laws, Doug and Patricia Rollins of Kershaw, SC., and two brothers, Theodore F. and his wife Laurie (Charland) Hughes of Columbia, SC, and David M. Hughes. He was preceded in death by his material grandparents, Lucian and Dorothy (Lahmann) Hutchinson, of Sumter, South Carolina. He was a wonderful husband, son, brother, and had many friends. He loved to travel, fish, build things and was happy when he was helping others. He will be missed by everyone who had crossed his path. A memorial service was held on Jun 19 at Shive’s Funeral Home, Columbia, SC, with George F. Rice, Jr., Deputy Chief of Richland County Department of Emergency Services, officiating. Memorials may be made to- Robert C. Hughes Memorial Scholarship, C/O Midlands Technical College Foundation, PO Box 2408, Columiba, SC 29202, Make checks payable to: MTC Foundation [5]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] . [S3535] . [S5299] . [S5303] Notices- Robert Christopher Hughes. [S5325] Robert C. Hughes. [S5326] Robert C. Hughes. [S5327] Robert C. Hughes. [S5300] . [S5301] Guy M. Lawson. [S5304] Rites- Robert Christopher Hughes. [S5305] . [S5306] . [S5307] . [S5624] . [S5718] Autopsy/Necropsy Report for Robert Hughes. [S5308] . [S5717] U. S. Department of State- Report of the Death of an American Citizen Abroad- American Embassy, Bangkok.