MARY LOU VAUGHN OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT POTOSI, MISSOURI ON JANUARY 11, 1934. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE ERNEST AND ETHEL (JENNINGS) WALTON. MARY DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HER HOME ON OCTOBER 28, 2002 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF SIXTY EIGHT YEARS, NINE MONTHS AND SEVENTEEN DAYS.
MARY WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO BILL VAUGHN ON FEBRUARY 21, 1953 AND TO THIS UNION FIVE CHILDREN WERE BORN. BILL PRECEDED HIS WIFE IN DEATH ON MAY 13, 2001.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY TWO DAUGHTERS, CAROL RICHIE AND HUSBAND CHARLES OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI AND LISA RESIM AND HUSBAND NATHAN OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, THREE SONS, DAVID VAUGHN AND WIFE DEANNE OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, JAMES VAUGHN AND WIFE LESLIE OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI AND GERALD VAUGHN AND WIFE SUSAN OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ONE SISTER, JEAN BERRY AND COMPANION CHARLES OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN, THREE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS, OTHER RELATIVES AND A HOST OF VERY GOOD FRIENDS.
MARY ENJOYED MANY THINGS IN HER LIFE. SHE ENJOYED COOKING AND GARDENING. SHE WAS A DECORATOR AND A SEAMSTRESS. SHE LIKED PLAYING CARDS AND WRITING POETRY. MARY LOVED HER FAMILY TO THE FULLEST AND WILL BE LOVINGLY MISSED BY ALL HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD 3:00 PM TO 4:00 PM ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2002 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD 4:00 PM ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2002 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH REVEREND BOB BULLOCK OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE TRINITY CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE ALLAN WALTON, BRIAN WALTON, RON WALTON, KENNY EVANS, JERRY JOHNSON, CHARLES RICHIE, JIM VAUGHN AND DAVID VAUGHN.