Katherine Waring Hughes Silver, 90, of Greenwood, affectionately known as  “Sis” by friends and family, passed away peacefully on Dec. 29, 2014.

Services will be 2 p.m., Monday, Jan. 5, 2015, at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church inVicksburg.

Interment of the ashes at Cedar Hill Cemetery will follow the service. The Rev. Patrick Sanders, her grandson, will officiate.

Visitation will be at the church parish hall from 1 p.m. until time of the service. 

Sis was born on Sept. 26, 1924, to Katherine Dornbusch Waring and D.P. Waring Sr. in Vicksburg.

She grew up in Vicksburg, one of eight children, four loving brothers and four beautiful “Waring girls.” Sis earned her nickname from her three older brothers, who delighted in their first sister. The eight siblings and their spouses remained great friends throughout their life. The Warings were longtime members of Crawford Street Methodist Church in Vicksburg. 

Sis graduated from Carr Central High School in 1942 and loved helping organize the  reunions of her amazing class. She attended All Saints Episcopal School, MSCW and
the University of Mississippi, where she was a member of Chi Omega Sorority.

In 1945, she married Paul James Hughes. They made their first home in Hot Springs, Ark., where Paul began his career as a civil engineer. They moved to Yazoo City  in 1951, then to Greenwood in 1962.

Sis and Paul had a fun filled life of raising children, playing golf, and entertaining. They shared a love of God, family, friendships and Ole Miss. They belonged to the Methodist church, until joining the  Episcopal Church of the Nativity of Greenwood in 1968. 

Sis was a delightful mother, hostess, friend and sister, always making friends wherever she went, whether it was at WalMart or on a golf course.

At WalMart, she was first to greet the greeters. In golf, she was excellent at pitching and putting, and always ready to teach an innocent bystander tricks of the trade. She made at least 
two hole in ones, and won over eight club championships in Yazoo City and Greenwood. She also loved playing golf in Vicksburg and Lake Bruin, La.

She was a wonderful letter writer, keeping friends and family abreast of all the latest news and expressing love and encouragement. She loved cooking and was famous for her 
scrumptious pralines and her fun duck suppers.

Sis had a wonderful sense of humor, and her beautiful blue eyes and smile would light up any room or soul. She often reminded us of Lucy Ricardo, especially attempting to be a Cub Scout and Brownie den mother, frolicking in the Yazoo City follies, and madly dashing to Eckerd’s for  last minute gifts on Easter and Christmas mornings.

Sweet Sis’s kind spirit and  compassion for others were an inspiration to everyone who knew her. She had a love for children beyond measure, and was always a source of unconditional love  and constant support to her children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces  and nephews. 

After her husband Paul’s tragic death in 1979, she returned to Vicksburg, where  she became a communicant of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. Every Sunday, it  took her about 5 minutes to return to her pew after communion, stopping along the way to hug those on the end of the rows.

She married Jerry Silver of Vicksburg in 1983.

Sis and Jerry enjoyed traveling, golfing, and relishing their respective families  and many friendships. Their camp at Lake Bruin was always full of friends and  fried fish. 

Gayle Flautt spoke of Sis as “a beautiful person, a special friend to me, beloved  by her family and all who were privileged to be in her life.” 

Sis is survived by daughters, Pam Powers (Charles) and Nancy Wood of  Greenwood; son, Reed Hughes (Cyndi) of Senatobia and daughter-in-law, Melody Hughes; grandchildren, Amy Williams (Dan) of South St. Paul, Minn., Kara Doiron (Phillip) of Ocean Spring, the Rev. Patrick Sanders (Jennifer) of Nesbit, Reed Hughes Jr. of Memphis, Tenn., Kelli Ray Hughes of Senatobia, and Taylor Wood (Mary Howard) of Chicago; and great -grandchildren, Miles, Mark and Clayton Williams, Anna Kate and Ally Doiron, Skye, Asher and Ames 
Sanders, and James Wood.

She is also survived by her sisters, Mary Frances Denton of Jackson and Nancy Redmond (Tom) of Tampa, Fla.; her brother, Jimmy Waring (Ida); sisters-in-law, Lee Waring (D.P.), Laura Waring (Albert), Liz Waring (Bobby), Ruth Hughes Dowling and Maxie Hughes Dawson. 

In addition to her parents, Sis was preceded in death by her husband, Paul James Hughes, Sr.; her second husband, Jerry Charles Silver; her infant daughter, Katherine 
Waring Hughes; her son, Paul James Hughes Jr.; her brothers, D.P., Bobby and Albert  Waring; her sister, Betty Waring Aden “Bunny”; and her sisters-in-law, Betty Jean
Waring (D.P.) and Nell Waring (Bobby).

The family wishes to express deep gratitude to Nell Dowd, the angel who loved and  cared for her the last five years. 

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Episcopal Church of the Nativity of  Greenwood, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church of Vicksburg, MS, St. Timothy’s Episcopal 
Church of Southaven, MS, or Alzheimers Association-MS Chapter, 196 Charmant  Drive, Ste 4 Ridgeland, MS 39157.

Riles Funeral Home of Vicksburg is assisting in  the arrangements.