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Benjamin Warren Hughes, son of Mildred Dale Hughes and Orval Hughes, was born on December 31, 1933, in Aline, Oklahoma. He passed away with family by his side on July 6, 2019, at the age 85 years.

Ben graduated high school in Aline. After high school he attended Oklahoma A & M in Stillwater. Ben was a member of the Farm House Fraternity, and also a member of the national meat judging team. Ben graduated with a double major, a bachelor of science in agriculture education and in animal science.

On August 15, 1953, in Helena, Ben married Jean Lavonne Fetzer. Following their marriage, they made th...