A funeral service was announced for a Georgia high school teacher Jason Hugheswho was killed last week during the prom did not go well.
Hughes’ funeral will be held at the Family Church at 3590 Thompson Bridge Road in Gainesville, Georgia, on Saturday, March 14, at 11 a.m., according to his obituary.
“Because of Jason’s widespread influence, we expect that many people will want to attend his memorial service at the Family Church.” In order to accommodate everyone, the meeting place will be in the Family Church field where the service will be broadcast live,” said the report.
The instructions continued: “We ask students/community attendees other than those listed below to park at North Hall High School and North Hall Middle School where the ride will pick up people going to Family Church. Buses will start loading at 9:30 AM to take them to Family Church and the last arriving motorcycles will stop loading at 10:30 AM to go from North Hall to High School at Family School and back to High School at Family Church at the end. of the memorial service.”
Hughes died at the age of 40 when he was allegedly hit by a truck driven by his student outside his home. Jayden Wallace on March 6. Wallace, 18, was at Hughes’ home with four other students to make a toilet for a teacher as part of the school’s annual play.
When Hughes ran out of his home, he tripped and fell in front of a car driven by Wallace. Wallace then ran over Hughes, seriously injuring him.
Five teenagers stopped to help Hughes, although the math teacher ended up dead.
Wallace was charged with first-degree vehicular homicide and reckless driving, while Elijah Owens, Aiden Hucks, Ana Luque again Ariana Cruz they were all charged with breaking the law and littering.
After Hughes’ death, his widow, Laura Hughes, said she would like the charges against the students to be dropped.
He told The New York Times that her husband was “excited” about the prank and “expected to find them in trouble.”
Laura, who is also a teacher, added that her family “supports that the charges be cleared against all those involved.”
“This is a terrible tragedy, and our family is determined to prevent another tragedy from happening, ruining the lives of these students,” she said. “This would go against Jason’s lifelong commitment to investing in the lives of these children.”
Hours before multiple students were arrested in connection with the accidental death of a Georgia high school teacher as part of a prank, it has emerged that the school issued a warning before the tragic incident — and now, the late teacher’s family is calling for the charges to be dropped. […]
Four days after the incident, Wallace and his parents broke their silence on the tragedy in a statement to 11Alive.
“We are a deeply sorry family and saddened by such a loss in our North Hall community. Jason Hughes meant the world to our son, Jayden,” the family said Tuesday, March 10. “He took the time to invest in Jay and pour his love into him, and it made a lasting impact. Along with the rest of our family, Jay and his family extend our deepest condolences to Hughes.”
Wallace also said he is committed to “living the rest of my life in a way that honors the memory of coach Hughes by imitating Christ. He will never be forgotten.”
