Benville, Illinois - Robert Earl Hughes Grave - World's Heaviest Man

Address:: Hwy 104, Benville, IL
Directions:: From Quincy Illinois, travel east about 28 miles on Highway 104, turning north at the sign for 'Wildwood Girl Scout Camp'. Travel up about 2 miles past the girl scout camp to a tee intersection. The Benville Church is located at that intersection.

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Benville, Illinois - Robert Earl Hughes Grave - World's Heaviest Man

Readers of the Guinness Book of World Records know who Robert Earl Hughes was - the World's Heaviest Man! He weighed 1041 lb at death, and was buried in a piano case. But far fewer people know WHERE he is buried - Benville, Illinois, a town of 2 houses and a church in the middle of nowhere. He is buried in the church graveyard beneath a modest grey granite headstone labelled with his name and 'World's Heaviest Man'. Nothing flashy - a very peaceful resting place for an extraordinary man. [dave, 06/26/2001]

[RA: There's also a modern black slab monument to Hughes along Hwy 104 just before you get to the girl scout camp turnoff (see directions below) at the corner of Hwy 6/Fishhook Rd. Hughes grew up in Fishhook.]

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November 25, 2009