Ron Hughes

Funeral Services for Ron Hughes, 51, Burns Flat-Dill City School Superintendent will be held 1:00 P.M., Wednesday, April 5, 2017 in the Burns Flat School Gymnasium, officiated by Brother Gary Baird. Burial will follow in the Sayre Doxey Cemetery in Sayre, OK under the direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home in Clinton. Rondal "Ron" G. Hughes was born November 13, 1965 in Chickasha, OK to Richard D. and Bonnie Sue (Rutledge) Hughes and passed away Sunday, April 2, 2017 in the Grace Living Center in Clinton, OK. Ron was raised in Alex, OK where he also graduated from high school in 1984. He continued his education at University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma in Chickasha receiving his bachelor's degree. He began his teaching and coaching career in Chickasha and also taught school and coached in Merritt, Elk City, and Sperry. He returned back to Southwestern Oklahoma State University and earned his Master's in Education in 2005. He moved to Burns Flat in the 2005/06 school year as principal and later became superintendent of the school system until the present. He was married to Kandii Sanders on March 7, 1992 in Altus, OK. They have had two beautiful daughters and reside in Burns Flat. He was preceded in death by his mother, Sue Hughes and father in law, Venoy Sanders. He was a member of the Sayre First Baptist Church and had also been attending the Burns Flat First Baptist Church; He was a member and served on the appeals board of the OSSAA, Southwest School officials, OSSBA, Carol Maynard Scholarship Board, Carla Black Scholarship Board, Burns Flat-Dill City Education Foundation, and the Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administrators. He loved the outdoors, hunting and fishing; he was an avid sports fan and had coached many sporting activities with football being his favorite. He is survived by his wife, Kandii, two daughters, Jordan and Lorsa, all of the home; his father, Richard Hughes and his wife, Betty, Hammon; brother, Rick Hughes and wife, Melea, Tuttle; half sister, Jan McKinney; mother in law, Gail Skipworth and husband, J.W., Elk City, OK; brother in law, Chris Sanders and wife, Amy, Sentinel and sister in law Jennifer Cleveland and husband, Jason, Reno, NV. He is also survived by nieces and nephews, Hunter, Rylee, Mavrick, Kristen, Allison, Jadyn and Cooper as well as numerous other family members and friends. The family has suggested those wanting to give a memorial contribution may do so to the Burns Flat-Dill City Education Foundation, P.O. Box 52, Burns Flat, OK 73624.