Mary L. Vaughn, age 77, of Springfield, MO., passed away Friday, December 3, 2010 at Christian Health Care West. She was born September 9, 1933, in Springfield, MO., to Orba and Mary Mayabb.
She retired from the laundry department at St. Johns Hospital and later worked at Christian Healthcare. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Thomas J. Vaughn; and a daughter, Mary Hoover.
She is survived by three daughters, Barbara Newberry and husband Jack, Joyce Goodnight and husband Bryant, Sandra Pryor and husband Keith; a son-in-law, Timothy Hoover, nine grandchildren, Randy Maggard, Taneha Hawkins, Anthony Maggard, Dalton St. Clair, Patricia Lopez, Jack W. Newberry, Charles Newberry, April Hoover and Andrew Hoover; seven great-grandchildren; four brothers, Bill, Don, Lloyd and Wayne Mayabb; and one sister, Ruth Crawford.
Funeral services will be held at 12:30 P.M. Tuesday, December 7, 2010, in Greenlawn Funeral Home North, Springfield, MO. with Rev. Paul Coltharp officiating. Burial will be held in Missouri Veterans Cemetery, Springfield, MO. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. on Monday, December 6, 2010 in Greenlawn Funeral Home North.