Dale Foster Hughes, 86, of Decatur will have a visitation on Monday September 28, 2020 from 4:00 until 7:00 PM at Ridout's Brown-Service Funeral Home and a burial will be on Tuesday September 29, 2020 at Alabama National Cemetery in Montevallo at 12:30 PM with Military Honors and Gayle Fowler speaking at the committal.

Mr. Hughes was born on March 29, 1934 in Coosa County Alabama to Lewis Elsby Hughes Addie Vickers Hughes and passed away at his residence on September 24, 2020. He was a Member of Central Baptist church, He served in the United States Army, Retired from Liberty National Life Insurance Company, Served with the Decatur Police Auxiliary, and worked as an aid with the special needs children at Austin High School. He is preceded in death by his brothers and sisters Robert Dewey Hughes, Suda Gaither, Woodstock Hughes, Reece Hughes, Mary McDowell, Nancy White, Bill Hughes, Clyde Hughes, Dorothy Hughes, Polly Reese, Romease Strain.

He is survived by his wife of 69 years Mary Louise Hughes, Daughter Cynthia Picou (David); Son Keith Hughes (Deana). Grandchildren Joshua Dale Picou, Catherine Gayle Picou, Ian Gore.

Family Request donations to Hospice of The Valley in Decatur.