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EUGENE COLES HUDGINS

Eugene Coles Hudgins, 88, of Peary, passed away peacefully on Monday, Aug. 3, 2015, at Hospice House in Williamsburg, Va.

He worked for the Newport News Shipbuilding from 1960 to 1989. Eugene played music with the Norman Phelps Music for six years on the radio daily and television once weekly. He also played with a local band, the “Swinging Strings,” for 40 years.

He is survived by his wife, Nancy I. Hudgins; a daughter, Wendy H. Owens; a son, Eugene Coles Hudgins Jr.; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one brother, Robert Roland Hudgins (Janice); several nieces, nephews and many friends.

The family received friends on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015, from 6-8 p.m. at Foster-Faulkner Funeral Home, Mathews, Va. A funeral service was held on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015, at 1:30 p.m. in the funeral home chapel, with burial in Friendship Cemetery, Susan, Va.

Donations may be made in Eugene’s name to the Gideon’s Bible Society, P.O. Box 1637, Gloucester, Va. 23061-3621.