Caroline Hughes

Ms. Caroline Hughes, 77, of Ellijay, died Thursday, July 28, 2022, at Piedmont Mountainside Hospital of Jasper.

She was born July 4, 1945, in Rockwood, Tenn., to the late Carl Clowers and Phyllis McElroy. She was a health care worker and a member of Zion Hill Baptist Church.

She is preceded in death by husband, A.J. Hughes.

She is survived by mother, Phyllis McElroy, of Lawrenceville; sons, Tommy Edens, of Ellijay, Tim Edens, of Tyler, Texas, and Brian Edens, of Texas; daughters, Charlotte Kitchen, of Ellijay and Jodie Edens, of Dalton; brothers, Tommy McElroy, of New York, Danny McElroy, of Alabama, Mitchell McElroy, of Kentucky, Greg McElroy, of Virginia, and Alan McElroy, of Georgia; 13 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 5 p.m. Saturday, July 30, 2022, from the chapel of Bernhardt Funeral Home with the Rev. Dalton Morrow and the Rev. Benny Watson officiating.

To honor her wishes, she was cremated. Interment will be in the Yukon Cemetery at a later date.

Bernhardt Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.