The funeral for Mr. John Edward Vaughn (Boney) will be Friday January 2, 2009 at 3:00 P.M. At Elkins Funeral Home Chapel, Florence with Brother Steve Reding officiating. Burial will follow at Tri-Cities Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Friday 1:00-3:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Elkins Funeral Home is assisting the family.
Mr. Vaughn, 98, went home to be with the Lord, with his loving family by his bedside. He was a native of Lauderdale County. He was preceded in death by his wife, Annie Odell Vaughn, parents John L and Delphia Vaughn., Daughter, Martha Louise Vaughn, brothers, Rayburn, Turner and Douglas Vaughn, sisters Alma Jolly and Imogene Ernest, great-grandson, Cody Walbert.
Mr. Vaughn is survived by daughters, Doris Johnston, Florence, Mary Lee Franks (Tommy) South Bend, In. Glenda Cox, Florence, and Bobbie Goins, Florence, Grandchildren, Vikki Howard (Jim) Laporte, In., Steve Johnston (Lisa) New Carlisle, In., Cathi Walbert (Jim) New Carlisle, In., Jamey Goins, Huntsville, Dr. Kevin Cox (Kelly), Nashville, Tn., Keith Cox (Beth), Florence, 14 great-grandchildren, 11 great- great- grandchildren and 1 great- great –great-grandchild, sisters Pauline Burns, Muscle Shoals, and Mary Belle Hall, of Georgia, several nieces and nephews.
Mr. Vaughn was a retired painter, with T.V. A., a volunteer dispatcher with Underwood Petersville Fire Department. He was a member of St. John Methodist Church. He enjoyed hunting and fishing.
Pallbearers, will be Kevin Cox, Keith Cox, Tommy Franks, Buddy Broadfoot, Kenneth Bailey, David Creasy, and Don Montgomery.
Special thanks to Deb Vice, friends at Underwood Petersville Fire Department and special neighbors.
In lieu of flower donations may be made to Underwood Petersville Fire department.