Roger E. Hughes was born July 25, 1962 in Boston, MA, the second oldest of Darlene Bowman's five children. Roger grew up in Bromley Heath - Jamaica Plain, MA. He attended Boston Public School, as well as, The Highland Park Free School in Roxbury, MA. He graduated from Brighton High School in 1981 and obtained a degree in computer programming. He later joined The United Brotherhood of Carpenters in Boston, MA. While a member of Carpenters Local Union 40 in Cambridge, MA, he achieved the status of journeyman. Roger was an avid lover of sports - especially basketball, baseball and football - during his hospitalization, he was able to share the last game of the 2016 NBA championship season (Cleveland, Cavailiers vs. Golden State, Warriors) with his son, Keilan at his bedside. He was also a lover of music - he loved to dance to it, sing to it, create rhythms and beats to it and write it. Roger was humorous, serious, sensitive, persistent, straight forward, strong-willed and determined. He was someone who loved his ability to do things independently, and during his trials with cancer, he revealed how much of a fighter he truly was. On Monday, June 20, 2016 Roger passed away at the age of 53. Roger leaves behind his wife, Carleen Hughes; children Moudestine Williams and Keilan Hughes; step-children Keiron, Kerese and Kezia Williams; grandchildren Kadie, La 'Niyah, Kerren, and Myles; mother, Darlene Bowman; sisters Juania Ashley, Muania Henry and Lena Faison; as well as, a host of nieces, nephews, aunts, cousins, friends and loved ones. Roger is preceded in death by his father, Milton Cleary of Virginia; brother, Lawrence Hughes; grandparents Henry & Alice Hughes; step-dads, Abdul Buster Ashley and Compton Bowman; father & mother in-law, Cecil & Sheila Bootman; uncle, Paul Hughes; aunt, Brenda Hughes; and cousin, Matthew Hughes. Funeral Services will be held at the Brady & Fallon Funeral Home 10 Tower St. (Opp. Forest Hills MBTA station) Jamaica Plain on Saturday July 2 at 11 AM. Relatives and friends are invited. Visiting with his family from 10 am until 11 am prior to the service. Interment will follow the service at Fairview Cemetery