No source noted, penciled date of February 12, 1931, from an unidentified scrapbook of clippings titled COLLECTION OF LOCAL MONROE COUNTY OBITS donated to the Monroe County History Center, Bloomington, Indiana. HUGHES RITES SATURDAY A. M. Funeral services for Alva Hughes will be held Saturday morning at 10 o'clock from the Allen Funeral Home in charge of the Rev. E. A. Cole. Interment will be in Rose Hill. Pallbearers will be Marion Butcher, Charles Myers, Joe Green, Bert Sparks, Floyd Bridwell and Orville Heacox. All union barber shops will be closed from to 10 to 11 AM on account of the funeral, and members of the Barbers' union will meet at 9:30 AM at the Kirkwood shop to attend the funeral in a body. Mr. Hughes was secretary of the local union of barbers.