Suffolk – Joseph Earnest Vaughan, 68, passed away June 5, 2012 at Southampton Memorial Hospital. Ninth of thirteen children, he was a son of the late William W. Vaughan, Sr. and Alta Sharon Hatfield Vaughan. He retired from the sheet finishing department at International Paper, served in the National Guard for 6 years and was a member of Black Creek Baptist Church. Joseph was predeceased by four sisters, Margaret Vaughan, Ann V. Lamm, Charlotte V. Foster and Becky Vaughan and two brothers, William W. Vaughan, Jr. and Council D. Vaughan.
Left to cherish his memory is his wife, Bettye W. Vaughan, one daughter, Kristy V. Schoch, one son, Michael T. Vaughan (Cassie), three step-children, Charee Riddick (Burwell), Ned Ludwick, III and John Ludwick, five sisters, Elizabeth V. Johnson, Carolyn V. Porter, Esther V. Simms, Kathryn V. Lamm and Patricia V. Bland, one brother, George E. Vaughan and fourteen grandchildren.
A funeral service will be held at 11 AM Saturday, June 9, 2012 at Wright Funeral Home with Rev. Greg Kitts officiating. Burial will follow at Southampton Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday, June 8, 2012 from 7 to 8:30 pm and at other times at the home of Dennis and Kathyrn Lamm at 179 Bobwhite Lane, Franklin, VA and suggests memorials be made to the American Cancer Society or the Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters. www.wrightfuneralhome.org.