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Bessie Lee <I>Thomas</I> Vaughn

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Bessie Lee Thomas Vaughn

Birth
Steele, Pemiscot County, Missouri, USA
Death
1 Jul 1973 (aged 73)
Benton Harbor, Berrien County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Caruthersville, Pemiscot County, Missouri, USA GPS-Latitude: 36.1741056, Longitude: -89.6680306
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Services were held in the John W. German Funeral Home Chapel Tuesday afternoon for Mrs. Bessie Lee Vaughn, 73, who died in Benton Harbor, Mich., Sunday, July 1. Mr. Edmund Cagle officiated and burial was in Little Prairie Cemetery.
She was born at Steele October 24, 1899, and on April 3, 1920, in Caruthersville, was married to Johnny Vaughn. Mr. Vaughn and one child preceded her in death. She lived most of her life in Pemiscot County and was a member of the Church of Christ in Hayti.
She leaves five sons, Harley Vaughn of Hayti, Lewis Vaughn of Hartford, Mich., Mack Vaughn of Blytheville, T.J. and James Vaughn of Poplar Bluff; four daughters, Mrs. Hazel Handley of Poplar Bluff, Mrs. Maxine Fleming of Benton Harbor, Mrs. Tennie Evett and Mrs. Ella Danis of Coloma, Mich.; one sister, Mrs. Drewie Robbins of Gainesville, Mo.; 34 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.
Pemiscot Journal - Caruthersville, Mo. - Tuesday, July 10, 1973
Services were held in the John W. German Funeral Home Chapel Tuesday afternoon for Mrs. Bessie Lee Vaughn, 73, who died in Benton Harbor, Mich., Sunday, July 1. Mr. Edmund Cagle officiated and burial was in Little Prairie Cemetery.
She was born at Steele October 24, 1899, and on April 3, 1920, in Caruthersville, was married to Johnny Vaughn. Mr. Vaughn and one child preceded her in death. She lived most of her life in Pemiscot County and was a member of the Church of Christ in Hayti.
She leaves five sons, Harley Vaughn of Hayti, Lewis Vaughn of Hartford, Mich., Mack Vaughn of Blytheville, T.J. and James Vaughn of Poplar Bluff; four daughters, Mrs. Hazel Handley of Poplar Bluff, Mrs. Maxine Fleming of Benton Harbor, Mrs. Tennie Evett and Mrs. Ella Danis of Coloma, Mich.; one sister, Mrs. Drewie Robbins of Gainesville, Mo.; 34 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.
Pemiscot Journal - Caruthersville, Mo. - Tuesday, July 10, 1973

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Married April 3, 1920



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  • Maintained by: Kinsey Folks Relative Grandchild
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  • Added: Sep 25, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42349714/bessie_lee-vaughn: accessed ), memorial page for Bessie Lee Thomas Vaughn (24 Oct 1899–1 Jul 1973), Find a Grave Memorial ID 42349714, citing Little Prairie Cemetery, Caruthersville, Pemiscot County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Kinsey Folks (contributor 47115464).