Holly Myric Hughes was born June 1, 1981 to a very loving mother who was a nerdy engineer; as a result she was taught things most newborns were not. She had the WSJ, Mechanical Magazine, Physics & Engineering books and not the least, the Bible read to her as a newborn. Her maternal grandparents loved her dearly and were very involved in her life to include her favorite aunt Jeanelle until the day she passed away in 2018. Holly is named after this dear God fearing aunt. Holly is survived by her mother, Jeannine E. Daniel, her father, Robert M. Hughes, her brother, Clay Shelley, whom she was very close to, those two were thicker than thieves as my Dad said. and of course her sweet dear son, Theron Drake Ciano, who is named after her maternal grandfather. ** Her maternal grandparents were Cornelia & Theron Daniel. Her maternal great grandparents were Rev. Heflin Daniel and Katie Daniel, and Essie Mae & Arlice Erquitt.
Holly was identified as early as one month old as being a genius and had one of the highest IQ’s in the world @ ~~ 220. Therefore she attended the Advanced Academy for Gifted Children at West Georgia College at the age of 16. While there she was invited to apply for the National Merit Scholarship and she wrote her essay non-nonchalantly in half a day and won a $50,000 scholarship to the University of Florida originally on a pre-med course. Holly was a senior in college at the UF at age 18 and valedictorian in her high school in Tucker Georgia having obtained her first Associates Degree two weeks prior to her actual high school diploma. She was a very good child and student with Mom never having to go to the school for any reason except to pick up academic awards.
Holly went on to graduate from Santa Fe College with a degree in Nuclear Medicine and would save many lives at the UF Shands Brain Trauma Center as a R-EEG. Not only was she an R-EEG but she taught medical residents in neurology and neurosurgeons under her care while at the Brain Trauma Center for five years.
She was a good mother and had begun teaching little Theron how to write cursive, and required him to read double the amount of books than the school required. She has been such an inspirational mother that little Theron taught himself blacksmithing before the age of 10. She worshiped and adored her son. He needs to know that. All the pictures she sent were of her and him and what he had accomplished at such a young age.
Holly was an inspiration to her mother having inspired her to read books such as Atlas Shrugged and to broaden my horizon beyond what I thought I was capable of. Holly had also been an expert at origami having been taught by the Japanese children her mother worked with when she was a small child.
Her mother, Jeannine, is thankful to report having had closure with Holly, having had a good conversation about life and I told her I loved her during our last conversation on Sunday night December 18th.
