Chronicle: Longtime industry figure Kathy Hughes passed Aug. 10. She was 89. Hughes was the daughter of artist Cowboy Copas, and spent her early life with him on the road and in the studio. Her first husband, Randy Hughes, managed Patsy Cline and was killed in the 1963 plane crash that also took the lives of Cline and Copas. Hughes later went to work for Capitol Records, and married label head Marvin Hughes (no relation to Randy). Her sons – Larry Hughes from her first marriage and Rick Hughes from her second – both went on to careers in the music industry as well. A memorial will held at Nashville's First Baptist Church; details TBA.