Mary Belle Vaughan

THE ABILENE REPORTER NEWS

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1950

COLORADO CITY PIONEER DIES

COLORADO CITY, Sept. 16 (RNS) ~~ Mrs. Mary Belle Vaughan, 78, died at 7 a.m. Saturday at her home here after an illness of six weeks.
Mrs. Vaughan was born May 31, 1872, in Jefferson, Texas. She was married in 1890 in Snyder to John S. Vaughan. He died in 1921. She had lived in Colorado City for the past 56 years.
Survivors are three sons, Earl James Vaughan of Fort Worth, Myrtie John Vaughan of Sweetwater, Nelson Vaughan of Denver, Colorado; two daughters, Mrs. Winnie Quinney of Colorado City and Mrs. Virginia Mackey of San Antonio; one sister, Mrs. O.P. Thrane of Abilene; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held from the First Methodist Church at 2 p.m. Sunday, with the Rev. J. E. Shewbert officiating. Pallbearers will be Oren Trulock, Ross Daniels, Roy Warren, Joe Mills, J. A. Sadler, Louis Fitzgerald, Lucian Maddin and Roy Buchannon.
Burial will be in the Colorado City Cemetery with an Eastern Star service. Kiker and Son Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.