In Memory of My Father
Honorable Robert L Hughes Jr.
Robert L Hughes Jr. was born and raised in Jeffersonville, Twiggs County, Georgia.
After graduating High School as the Valedictorian of his class he attended Morehouse University in Atlanta, Georgia before enlisting in the U S Airforce.
Upon completion of his military service, he settled with his high school sweetheart and wife Ruby Jean Hughes (nee Cabiness) in Brooklyn, New York where they would raise 5 successful children. He would eventually join the New York City Police Department where he attained the rank of Detective. Upon retiring from the Police Department, he returned to his hometown of Jeffersonville, Georgia where he became the Chief Magistrate Judge a position he held for ten years.