Cecil Carlton Vaughn, 71, of China Spring, passed from this life into the arms of his Savior, on November 9, 2014.
Funeral Services: 11AM Thursday, November 13th at Lake Shore Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mike Copeland and Rev. Joe Miller officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial with military honors will be Monday, November 17th at Ft. Logan National Cemetery in Denver, CO.
Cecil was born August 4, 1943 to Floice and Carrie Vaughn.
He loved his God, family, friends and Country. His heart reached out to those in need, especially children. Often asking his sisters if the children coming to church at First Baptist Church in China Spring had enough food. He would say “go get about 70 chicken nuggets for them”. He also had a special place in his heart for veterans. He dreamed of building houses for the veterans to live in. He also served his country in the Viet Nam War and Korean Conflict.
He was a member of Bright Light Church in Bryan.
He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Annette Nelson Vaughn; son, Gary Vaughn; parents; and two brothers, Donald and Kenneth; and one sister, Bernice Pettit.
He is survived by two sisters, Dessie Vaughn Campbell and husband Don of China Spring, and Joyce Maddox of Waco; sister-in-law, Phyllis Vaughn of Blossom; and numerous nieces and nephews that he loved dearly.
Many thanks go out to those who took such good care of him at Providence Hospice Place and Dr. Clark and the nurses at Providence Hospital in Waco; his Waco VA nurse ,Susan and social worker, Angela were always so helpful; and his loving care giver, Susan from Nurses Unlimited who smiled at him every morning.
In lieu of flowers, memorials should be made to First Baptist Church of China Spring.
Place of Service: Lake Shore Funeral Home Chapel , 5201 Steinbeck Bend; Waco, TX 76708
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Dessie Marie and Joyce Ann – I am so sorry to hear of the death of Cecil. I hope that one of you will remember me. I am your cousin, Mavis’s, oldest daughter. I see now why I never run into Joyce Ann anymore – she now lives in Waco. I am so glad that you all had his obituary put in the Bryan paper, otherwise, we would have never known. He favors both Aunt Carrie & Uncle Floice. I can remember when we were all young, and yes, I remember everyone of you……….coming to visit when you all lived on Una. I believe that was the name of the street there off of Ursuline. My deepest sympathy to you and your familes in your loss. I will call Aunt Ruby Lee shortly & let her know of Cecil. She & Uncle Homer are the only two left of your Aunt Jenny’s seven children. Love to the both of you/Ann
Dear Dessie, Joyce, Phyllis and Family… What a wonderful slideshow! Full of beautiful, precious pictures and music. Brought free-flowing tears yet smiles just watching the love in it. Cecil would’ve been very proud. …Isn’t it a blessing that God gives us our memories and Camera’s to capture them as if life stood still? What an awesome blessing, I think! Thank you for including the picture of his recent visit with dad. Dad will love that & I’m gonna order him a copy. …Once again, I can’t tell you how thoughtful and fun that trip was for Dad and Cecil. He lit dad up for those few short days and I think it was good for Cecil’s spirit too. I laughed at them so! They were like two teenage boys laughing, cutting up, reminiscing, joking and even lecturing one another about how they needed to live their life & take care of themselves…as if that wasn’t the pot’s calling the kettle’s BLACK! Ha!
They joked about the new lil ‘honkey tonk’ down the road that Cecil saw on his drive into town. How the sign read ‘Honkey Tonk’ real big across the front of the building & how you just don’t see them called that anymore. They had quite the time joking with me that if I’d just go & leave them alone long enough, they would sneak off to that ‘The Honkey Tonk’ together! Ha! …Dad and Cecil always enjoyed their visits together & never failed to ask about one another. They just understood each other. They could relate with each other. …Oh, Cecil had a deep gruff voice but like Uncle Don, he had a big loving heart and it showed in the caring things he did & the words he spoke. …Ya know, Cecil had a mission when he came to visit dad for the last time. Not only did he want to see dad, to see how he was doing, to let him know he cared and to lift his spirits but he came with the intention of “straightening him out” when it came to me & his grandkids, he said! …Yep. He talked to me heart to heart persistently about that when he was here. Said he intended to talk to Allen about living each day to the fullest, to quit complaining & dwelling on the negatives that he could not change. And to quit burdening his daughter with it all. He told dad to quit complaining and to ENJOY his daughter and grandkids! To “get up and go to a ballgame or two!!” Ha! 🙂
Cecil wanted to take our whole family out to dinner when he was here, kids and all. He insisted! So, I offered up the idea of just coming over to our house & ordering pizza’s so that we could all sit & visit comfortably together. And so we did, he enjoyed that. We all enjoyed that evening. 🙂 …Oh, we talked (he talked) again about dad being more active, getting off the pity train & enjoying his grandkids more often from now on. Ha! …Then they told old stories. Even heard some stories on my sweet Aunt Phyllis I’d never heard before. About her spit fire temper when she was young that she got when she had had enough! (Yes, really) We laughed & laughed! …He enjoyed the kids & interacted with them like they were his own. Jylli took a liking to him right off the bat…like a duck to water really, beard and all. Ha, he loved that! 🙂 …He told us all about a van he was in the process of wanting to fix up so that he could travel & go wherever he wanted to go while he still could. And how he wanted to build housing for veterans to live in, how awesome! …He spoke about Gary and how I could have been his daughter-in-law because Gary had a crush on me! Ha! 😉 …And about Annette. How he loved them so, missed them and how he coped. He also talked about his brothers, his sisters. And how grateful he was to have you all… Dessie, Don, Joyce, Phyllis, his nieces & nephews and spoke about how much Rhonda did for him & helped care for him. Please tell her it was evident that he had a big soft spot for her & really appreciated her. 🙂 …Cecil had his burdens, his trials and his faults… But he loved you all… He loved everyone… Any fool could see.
I am so sorry for losing Cecil and very sorry that we are unable to be there today. Dad just can’t make the long fast trip and he also has a long awaited cataract appointment today in Galveston. But please know that our hearts and prayers are with you all. And happy that Cecil is dancing in ‘God’s Honkey Tonk’ with his beloved Annette again, free of burdens and pain. It’s a really glorious day. 🙂 …Love you, Allen, Angie, Damon & Kids
Peace and prayers for everlasting comfort during this difficult time. Tammera Ryan~ on behalf of the staff and volunteers of Providence Hospice.