Franklin – Mildred Hedgepeth "Millie" Vaughan, 89, passed away January 8, 2011 at her residence. She was born in Southampton County, the only child of the late Joseph Henry and Stella Cooke Hedgepeth. Mildred was valedictorian of the 1938 class of Newsoms High School and attended Longwood College. She was a retired medical transscriptionist with the Southampton Memorial Hospital Radiology Department and was a member of Franklin Baptist Church where she was a Sunday School teacher for 49 years.
Survivors include her daughter, Betty L. Vaughan, and Tommy Wyatt, of Newsoms; her son, Kenneth A. Vaughan and wife, Joy, of Charlottesville; a special nephew, Gordon Hedgepeth (Emily) of Massachusetts; and a special great-niece, Lisa Wilson Crum of Emporia.
The funeral will be conducted at 10 am Monday, January 10, 2011 at Wright Funeral Home with the Rev. Brent Kimlick and the Rev. Jim Hyatt officiating. Interment will follow in Poplar Spring Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, c/o Kathy Worrell, 717 Fairview Drive, Franklin, VA. 23851.