Courtland – Ruth Perkins Vaughan, 90, passed away peacefully April 24, 2017 at Sentara Obici Hospital with her family by her side. Mrs. Vaughan was born June 17, 1926 in Lunenburg County, VA to the late C.B. and Lucy Higgins Perkins and was the widow of Rev. Durward Vaughan, her husband of 66 years. She was also predeceased by a son-in-law, Carl Holt and two brothers, Maurice and E.H. "Bookie" Perkins.

Left to cherish her memory are four daughters, Ann Vaughan-West (Donnie), Jenny V. Holt, Wanda V. Davis (William) and Linda V. Barnes (Kirby), two sisters, Irma P. Edmundson (J. Ray) and Jean P. Gilliland (Bill), seven grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson.

She remained faithful to her Lord and served alongside Durward at Clarksbury Baptist Church in Boykins for over 40 years. Always a devoted wife and beloved mother and grandmother, she will be remembered as a friend and a homemaker who loved cooking, gardening and flowers. But most of all Ruth and Durward were a loving couple that were "Nannie" and "Papa".

A private graveside funeral will be held at 11AM Friday April 28, 2017 at the Capron Cemetery with the Rev. Wilson Conwell officiating. The family will receive friends at Wright Funeral Home, Franklin Thursday from 7 to 8:30 PM and suggests that memorial donations be made to the Clarksbury Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 172, Boykins, VA 23827. www.wrightfuneralhome.org