Bruff Hudson, 92, of Little Rock, formerly of Warren, died on Saturday, March 6, 2010, at Chenal Rehab and Healthcare Center in Little Rock.

Born on March 29, 1917, in Ingalls, Sidney Bruff Hudson was the son of the late Roy Hudson and Barbara Briana Huitt Hudson.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Verna Mae Williams Hudson; his parents; two brothers, Wallace Woodrow Hudson and Cyrus “Cy” Wesley Hudson; and two sisters, Pauline Marie Hudson and Rosa Lee Hudson Johnson Raasch.

He began working at the lumber mills in Warren when he was 17 and retired as a construction superintendent at Potlatch’s Southern Plant 48 years later in 1982. He was a member of the Warren Quartet and attended hundreds of gospel singings in Arkansas and surrounding states. In the 1950s the quartet had a daily radio show.

Prior to moving to the Good Shepherd Ecumenical Retirement Center in Little Rock in 1998, Bruff and Verna Mae were long-time members of Calvary Baptist Church in Warren. In Little Rock they were members of Park Place Baptist Church.

He is survived by two children, Marilyn Jane Hudson Jones of Little Rock and Richard Bruff Hudson of Fayetteville. He had four grandchildren along with eight great-grandchildren.

Graveside service will be at 11 a.m. on Monday in Oakland Cemetery in Warren. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 tonight at Frazer Funeral Home in Warren.

Memorials may be made to Good Shepherd Ecumenical Retirement Center, 3 Shepherd’s Cove, Little Rock, AR 72205-7071, or to Calvary Baptist Church, 605 Sturgis St., Warren, AR 71671-2535.