Mr Kermy Hughes

Kemry Maurice Hughes was born on July 26, 1943, in Wilmington, North Carolina to the late Eli Winfred and Fannie Ruth Hughes and was the third of six children. His parents moved the family to Southwest, Washington, D.C. in 1948, where he spent his younger years and received his early education from the District of Columbia Public Schools. At the age of 13, he joined the United States Army and received his military training at Fort Knox, Kentucky. When the Army realized the clever young man was not old enough to be a soldier, Private Hughes was Honorably Discharged from active duty. Later, he received an Associate of Arts Degree in Business Education from Essex Community College. Kemry was a faithful member of Ebenezer A.M.E. Church where he enjoyed singing in the Kingsmen’s Choir until he began to experience health challenges. He was also a dedicated member of the Lay Organization where he received the Outstanding Layperson Award in 2008. He was one of the original founders of the African National Rights of Passage Program and he traveled to places like Atlanta, Georgia; Wilmington, Delaware; Baltimore, Maryland; St. Louis, Missouri and a lot of other cities in Ohio. Kemry provided training and conducted workshops to assist other organizations in starting their own Rights of Passage programs. He was passionate about working with people and was an outstanding communicator and fantastic community organizer. Some of his activities included Social Action Chairperson for the Prince George’s County NAACP. He was the administrator for Kadar a school on Capitol Hill, founded for special needs children. He was also the founder of Legal Wizards, an organization that assisted wrongfully incarcerated individuals in receiving monetary compensation. He worked for several different types of organizations and held various types of positions including the MAAT Center for Human and Organizational Enhancement, Inc. and the Director of the Philadelphia National Center on Institutions and Alternatives. Since 2010, he served as an Election Judge for the Prince George’s County Board of Elections, including the last race in 2018. He worked on various regional and national political campaigns at the county, state and national levels. He conducted initiative-driven campaigns, which included Get Out the Vote drives, prison reform, and the Maryland Question 7 initiative that brought MGM Resort to Prince George’s County. He loved using his witty, charming and magnetic side to make his job seem so enjoyable and had so much fun performing his duties until it didn’t seem like work! For almost a decade, Kemry was a supervisor at Conference Management Services, greeting and assisting thousands of convention attendees who came to the DMV. Kemry assisted Donna with her business in the Aularale Skin Care and Cosmetics Company and was passionate about helping her and the company excel because it was founded, owned and operated by an African American husband and wife team. He helped Donna serve hundreds of customers and they became an award-winning couple. Whether manning the kiosk at St. Charles Towne Center, giving facials at in-home demos, or matching a customer with the perfect foundation or lipstick color. Kemry helped to catapult Donna into earning the #1 Beauty Consultant for 1999-2000, and then he, himself, became the #2 Beauty Consultant in 2003-2004. He had five children, three sons: Kemry, Kevin and Keith Hughes, a daughter Kimberly Terry, and was preceded in death by his daughter Kathy Perry. He had many grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his brothers Dewey, Samuel and Jackie Hughes and sisters Tahira Hughes Catlett and Vernell (Teeny) Hughes. A host of nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends. Kemry leaves to mourn Donna Albritton-Hughes, his loving wife, who he referred to as his “Boobie Love”. They spent over 53 years of their lives loving, laughing and enjoying each other and they made it thru some really rough times, which made their love for each other even stronger. He enjoyed their yearly vacation week at Massanutten Resort and tried to encourage everybody he met to visit and go on a tour. The Funeral Service will be Thursday, June 6, 2019 at:

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Mr Kermy Hughes

July 26, 1943 - May 27, 2019