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    1. [MOMILLER] Vaughn, Blankenship, Gardner - obituary
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    3. Unknown Publication, August 1968 Eura Iven Vaughn, 67, died Monday, Aug. 5, 1968, at his home near Iberia due to an undeterminable amount of bee stings suffered while mowing his lawn. He encountered a swarm of bees, resulting in the fatal stings. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the First Christian Church in Iberia. Mr. Vaughn was born June 15, 1901 in Miller County near Iberia, the son of Albert and Myrtle Blankenship Vaughn. He was married May 21, 1921 at Tuscumbia to Orpha Gardner who survives. He moved to St. Louis in 1923, and worked for the McQuay-Morris Ammunition Plant, Commonwealth Steel, Ford Motor Co., and Cinch Plastic Co. In 1955 he retired and moved back to Iberia. He had been a member of the First Christian Church since 1966, and a former member of the Hickory Point Christian Church. He also was a former member of Modern Woodmen of America. In addition to his wife of the home near Iberia, Mr. Vaughn is survived by one son, Duane Vaughn, St. Charles; two daughters, Imogene Horner and Ina Ruth Vaughn, St. Louis; seven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren, and five sisters, Oma James and Fern Powell of Iberia, Thelma Brooker of Columbia, Lorene Morrow of Clayton, and Delphia James of St. Louis. His parents, three brothers and four sisters preceded him in death. The Rev. James Bade officiated at the funeral services Wednesday. Burial was in the Livingston Cemetery near Iberia under the direction of Stevinson Funeral Home of Iberia. Pallbearers were Gerald James, Remus James, Bill Powell, Tom Powell, Dan Russell and Don Larson.

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