Abigail E. Hughes

Funeral services for Abigail E. Hughes, age 15, of West Point, Neb., will be on Thursday, April 5, 2012, at 2 p.m. at the Nielsen Community Center in West Point, Neb. Visitation will be on Wednesday from 3 to 8 p.m. at the Minnick Funeral Home in West Point, Neb., and will continue from noon until the time of the service on Thursday at the Nielsen Community Center. Interment will be on Saturday, April 7, 2012, at 11 a.m. in the Byrd's Prairie Cemetery in Coal Co., Okla. Abbie passed away on Sunday, April 1, 2012, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Neb. Abigail Elaine Hughes was born July 10, 1996, in Oklahoma City, Okla., to Daniel R. and Jlynn K. (Keesling) Hughes. Abbie attended Piedmont Elementary School in Piedmont, Okla.; Westside Elementary and Benton County School of the Arts in Rogers, Ark.; and was currently attending West Point-Beemer Public Schools. She participated in basketball, soccer and softball. Abbie was sweet and artistic; she enjoyed painting, gardening with her dad, going to the lake, riding her bike and swimming. She loved animals, especially horses and kitties. Survivors include parents, Dan and Jlynn Hughes of West Point, Neb.; grandparents, Trudy Boland of West Point, Neb., Macon Hughes of Ada, Okla.; brother, Aaron Hughes of West Point, Neb.; sisters, her identical twin, Annie Hughes of West Point, Neb., Arielle Hughes of West Point, Neb.; half-sister, Angie and husband, Mikeal Walker, of Norman, Okla., and their children, Baylee and her son, Evan, and Ryan; aunts and uncles, Pat Hughes of Guthrie, Okla.; Rena Hughes of Las Vegas, Nev., Jeff Keesling of Sylvia, Kan., Tammy Moss of Moore, Okla., Karla Cruz of Hutchinson, Kan. Abbie was preceded in death by grandparents, Harvey and Elaine Keesling.