The News and Courier, Charleston, South Carolina. February 12, 1961; William Murchison (Merck) Hughes, 85, retired farmer of the Mt. Vernon section died February 11, 1961. Mr. Hughes was born in Horry County, Dec. 26, 1875, a son of the late J. B. Hughes and Helen Reaves Hughes. he married the former Miss. Cora Lee. Surviving, in addition to the widow, are five daughters, Mrs. Gladys Duncan, Whiteville, N. C. , Mrs. Bessie Gause, Myrtle Beach; Mrs, Waldo Prince and Mrs. Olene Lefors, both of Loris; and Mrs. Edith Simmons, Freeport, Texas; five sons, Albert Hughes and Galbert Hughes, both of Loris; Howard Hughes, Mt. Pleasant; George Hughes, Southport, N. C. and Earl Hughes, Whiteville; four brothers, J. F. Hughes and D. E. Hughes, both of Loris; John Hughes, Raleigh, N. C. ; two sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Hughes, Raleigh, N. C. , and Mrs. Pearlie Boyd, Conway; 28 grandchildren, and five great grandchildren.