Frances "Nadie" Zanaide -Trent Hughes

Legacy of Life To Know Her Is To Love Her Frances “Nadie” Zanaide-Trent Hughes, 90, of Richmond, departed this life on Wednesday, June 24, 2015. She was born in Glen Allen, Virginia on February 21, 1925 to Deacon Wilbur and Deaconess Maretta Jackson Trent. She was the youngest daughter of seven girls. Nadie was preceded in death by her loving husband, Littleton Reuben Hughes, Jr. “Bunny”; sisters, Lillian Trent Thornton, Alma Trent Buckner, Rosalie Trent Urquhart, Alease Trent Spurlock, Bernice Trent Jones, Margaret Trent King; brother, Elmer Conoway Trent; and godson, Walter S. Hamlin, Jr. Nadie attended Virginia Randolph High School, Class of 1942 in Glen Allen, Virginia. She furthered her education by going to cosmetology school where she acquired her license in Cosmotology. At an early age, Nadie was baptized in Echo Lake by St. Peter Baptist Church, where she spent her life’s spiritual journey. She was a part of the Ladies Auxiliary and the Usher Board Emertis, which she highly enjoyed. Unioned with Littleton R. Hughes Jr. on June 27, 1946. They were bless with the birth of their only daughter Jacquelyn on April 7, 1947. Nadie and Bunny would have celebrated their wedding anniversary and Bunny’s birthday today. Nadie was employed with C&P Telephone Company as a dedicated elevator operator where she later enjoyed an early retirement. Her persistence and tenacity afforded her a position as the first black telephone operator in Richmond. Nadie loved gifting, gold coins, birthday cake, gardening, crocheting, and traveling. She also enjoyed just spending time with family and friends, she felt very strongly about bridging family gaps and building bonds. In her leisure she enjoyed whistling with her family and anytime it moved her spirit. I called her mother, others affectionately called her Aunt Nadie, Aunt Lady, Nadie Frances, Mrs. Frances, Aunt Frances and Mrs. Hughes. Nadie loved the Lord. She was always slow to anger and never used a profane word. She was a devoted daughter, wife, mother, sister, aunt, great aunt, great-great-aunt, great-great-great-aunt and friend that will be missed. She leaves to cherish her memory a loving and devoted daughter, Jacquelyn Manson Hughes Parker; god-sister, Elizabeth Manson Latney Anderson; two god-daughters, Diane Hewlett Pierce and Elvira Jefferson Clegg; three god-sons, Leonard Clegg Jr., Phillip McCarter and Robert Spencer Anderson, III; and a host of other relatives, neighbors and caring friends.

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Frances "Nadie" Zanaide -Trent Hughes

February 1, 1925 - June 24, 2015