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Thomas Roland Hughes

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Thomas Roland Hughes

Birth
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
2 Aug 1965 (aged 87)
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA GPS-Latitude: 32.5024556, Longitude: -93.7315403
Plot
Masons Rest Lot 56
Memorial ID
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Law officer. Caddo Parish sheriff 1916-1940. Renowned through mention in the refrain to the classic blues song "Fannin Street" by singer Huddie Ledbetter, also known as Lead Belly.

Probably the most famous sheriff of all time after the Sheriff of Nottingham, thanks to Lead Belly's music, but Sheriff Tom Hughes is still not ...

Famous enough for Findagrave!
Law officer. Caddo Parish sheriff 1916-1940. Renowned through mention in the refrain to the classic blues song "Fannin Street" by singer Huddie Ledbetter, also known as Lead Belly.

Probably the most famous sheriff of all time after the Sheriff of Nottingham, thanks to Lead Belly's music, but Sheriff Tom Hughes is still not ...

Famous enough for Findagrave!


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