NAME: GORDON AUGUSTUS VAUGHAN , AGE 76, A LONGTIME COALGATE RESIDENT. BORN: MARCH 10, 1927 AT DURANT, OK TO GORDON A. SR. AND BERTIE ALICE (BAKER) VAUGHN. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2003 AT OKLAHOMA CITY. AGE: 76 YEARS 8 MONTHS 26 DAYS EDUCATION: HE GRADUATED FROM DURANT HIGH SCHOOL. AFTER MILITARY SERVICE HE ATTENDED AND GRADUATED WITH MASTERS DEGREE FROM SOUTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY. MARRIED: JAHREE HOWE. OCCUPATION: SCHOOL TEACHER AND COACH IN BLANCHARD, MADILL, BIXBY, AND TEMPLE, OK. CHURCH AFFILIATION: BAPTIST FAITH. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE COACHES ASSOCIATION. HE COACHED MADILL BASKETBALL TEAM AND TOOK THEM TO STATE IN 1961, HE LOVED SPORTS AND ALL ATHLETICS. A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION IN DURANT, OK., HE WAS A EAGLE SCOUT AND WAS INVOLVED WITH BOY SCOUTS AS A YOUNG ADULT. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN U. S. ARMY DURING WW II. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: GARY VAUGHAN OF COALGATE, OK. MIKE VAUGHAN AND WIFE LINDA OF NORMAN, OK. SIMONE VAUGHAN HAMER AND HUSBAND LINNIE OF COALGATE, OK. MOTHER OF HIS CHILDREN: JAHREE STANDRIDGE OF COALGATE, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: HEATHER VAUGHAN OF OKLAHOMA CITY. YANCE VAUGHAN OF BLOOMINGTON, IL. KARA VAUGHAN OF NORMAN, OK. DUSTIN HAMER OF COALGATE, OK. D'SHEY VAUGHAN OF WILBURTON, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: GORDON A. AND BERTIE (DECEMBER, 1974) VAUGHAN OF DURANT. BROTHERS: WILLIAM VAUGHAN OF DURANT IN JANUARY, 1984. THOMAS C. VAUGHAN OF DURANT IN JULY, 1983. AUNT THAT RAISED HIM: MINNIE BAKER OF DURANT IN FEBRUARY, 1983.

DATE OF SERVICE: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2003 AT 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL IN COALGATE, OK INTERMENT: COALGATE CEMETERY ~ COALGATE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. MATT SMITH. CASKET BEARERS: JOHNNY JUMP, JIM BO CLAIR, JOE PASQUALI , STEVE WKODARCZKY, JOE MCCULLEY, EDDIE ANGLIN, JIM COX. HONORARY CASKET BEARERS: PHILLIP WOOD, DON WOOD.