This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YS.2ADE/760 Message Board Post: I am NOT related to this family. This obituary was taken from the St. Clair Times, Thursday September 7, 2006. Essie Mae Vaughn Pell City--Funeral service for Essie Mae Vaughn, 92, was Thursday, Sept. 7, at 1 p.m. at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church with Brother Ted St. John and Brother Zane Smith officiating. Burial was in St. Clair Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Vaughn died Saturday, Sept. 2, 2006. She was preceded in death by her husband J.B. Vaughn. Essie was born in 1913, the first-born and only girl of George and Ader Tollison. She was married in 1932 to J.B. Vaughn. Her family was one of the founding families of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church in Pell City. She was a member of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church for 79 years. At her passing she was the oldest living member of the Church. She was a mother of three children of her own and also helped to raise two children of her brother, Leon Tollison, who was killed in WWII, Jerry Tollison and Shirley Stanley. With the passing of her husband in 1983, she became actively involved in the Pell City Senior Citizens Center and remained a beloved member for 21 years. She was very blessed to have a loving family, special friends and a host of loved ones. She touched the lives of all who knew her. She has a strong Christian influence that will live on for many generations. She is survived by her son, Billy Wayne Vaughn (Linda); daughters, Juanita Savage (Howard) and Bobbie Jean Bishop; 7 grandchildren, Steve Bishop, Carol Middlebrooks, Gary Savage, Joan Golden, Jeff Vaughn, Jason Vaughn and Joey Vaughn; 8 great-grandchildren, Caleb Middlebrooks, Amanda Middlebrooks, Gracie Vaughn, Any Kearley, Jim Golden, Blair Savage, Tyler Savage and Jodi Bishop; two great-great-grandchildren Jack Golden & Dani Kearley; several nieces & nephews. Pallbearers were Steve Bishop, Gary Savage, Jeff Vaughn, Joey Vaughn, Jason Vaughn and Caleb Middlebrooks. Honorary Pallbearers were Jim Tollinson, Wayne Pike, Jerry Tollison, and Dr. William McClanahan. Kilgroe Funeral Home in Pell City directed the service.