Franklin – Joseph Kelley Vaughan, Sr., 78, passed away Tuesday, February 27, 2018 in a Newport News hospital. Kelley was a native of Capron, Virginia and was a son of the late Rowland Bryan Vaughan, Sr. and Lee Kelley Vaughan. He was a 1957 graduate of Southampton High School, a 1961 graduate of Emory and Henry College, and received a Master's Degree from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1975. He was a member of the Beta Lambda Zeta fraternity and a member of the Certified Security Officers and Private Investigators. He was a Hearings Officer for the Virginia Department of Corrections, a former professor at Southside Virginia Community College, a former teacher in the Greensville County Public Schools, and a former member of the Greensville County School Board. Kelley was a member and former Sunday school teacher at Fountain Grove Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife Peggy Thorpe Vaughan; three sons Joseph Kelley Vaughan, Jr., MD, Bryan Thorpe Vaughan (Theresa), Terrell Andrew Vaughan (Ymelda); two sisters Katherine V. McWaters (Cliff) and Melodie V. Beghtol; four brothers Rowland Bryan Vaughan, Jr. (Jean), Reginald Thomas Vaughan, Sr. ( Myrtis), Darden Wrenn Vaughan (Virginia), and Jack Hart Vaughan (John); ten grandchildren; a host of nieces and nephews; and special friend Mary Baker.