Jessie Rickey Hughes

Funeral services for Jessie Rickey Hughes, 66, will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 8, 2026 at Walnut Hill Baptist Church, 10899 Walnut Hill Church Rd, Vivian, Louisiana.

A visitation will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 8, 2026, prior to service at the church. Interment will be at Walnut Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, following the service. Officiating the service will be Brother Perry Hart.

Jessie was born on July 22, 1959, in Shreveport, Louisiana to Bobby Hughes and Jimmie Sue Barber Hughes. He passed away Friday, April 3, 2026, in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Jessie was a loyal member of the Walnut Hill Baptist Church for many years. He worked as a mechanic but spent the rest of his time being an avid hunter and fisherman. He had a big heart and was always helping others. Jessie was known for being a loving and devoted husband, daddy, grandaddy, and friend. To know him meant you were rich in friendship. He loved all his family, especially his grandbabies and will be greatly missed.

Rickey is preceded in death by his parents, Bobby and Jimmie Sue Hughes; grandparents, Henry and Lucille Olds; and granddaughter, Julianne Dove. He is survived by his devoted wife, Vicki Hughes of Vivian, Louisiana; daughter, Jennifer Blakenship (Johnny) of Vivian, Louisiana; sons, Richard Hughes (Samantha) of Blanchard, Louisiana, and Norman Hughes (Krisha) of Stonewall, Louisiana; daughter, Alicia Hughes; 12 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren; and brothers, Bobby D. Hughes of Stonewall, Louisiana, and Kent Hughes of Haughton, Louisiana.

Honoring Jessie as pallbearers will be Johnny Blankenship, Richard Hughes, Norman Hughes, Jennifer Blakenship, Rickey Hughes, and Michael Cullins.