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1922 - 2002
VAUGHN J. FRENCH, 80, ADDISON COMMUNITY, PASSED AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2002 IN HOLZER MEDICAL CENTER. HE WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 12, 1922 IN ADDISON TWP., SON OF THE LATE OSCAR EUGENE AND NELLIE BELLE SMITH FRENCH. VAUGHN MARRIED DOROTHY HANSHER MARCH 13, 1942 AT MARYSVILLE, OHIO AND SHE PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH ON AUGUST 16, 1996. HE WAS A VETERAN OF THE U.S. ARMY AIR CORP SERVING DURING WWII.
VAUGHN WAS A RETIRED EMPLOYEE OF GALLIPOLIS DEVELOPMENT CENTER WHERE HE WORKED AS A LAB TECHNICIAN FOR THIRTY YEARS AND WAS A MEMBER OF;
CHESHIRE F & AM LODGE, SILOAM #456, THIRTY SECOND DEGREE MASON, VALLEY OF COLUMBUS SCOTTISH RITE, GALLIPOLIS SHRINE, HILLBILY CLAN #7, GALLIPOLIS, KENTUCKY COLONEL, REPUBLICAN PARTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE PERSON, SOUTHERN A’S MODEL A CAR CLUB, GALLIPOLIS, AND A SINGER IN THE FRENCH QUARTET.
VAUGHN WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF HIS COMMUNITY, SERVING AS ADDISON TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE AND A LOVING NEIGHBOR AND FRIEND TO THE AMISH COMMUNITY OF GALLIA COUNTY. HE ALSO VOLUNTEERED AS A SHRINE CLOWN FOR VARIOUS EVENTS.
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HE IS SURVIVED BY:
ONE SON
VAUGHN L. (KATHY) FRENCH, GALLIPOLIS, OHIO
ONE DAUGHTER
CARLENE CRACE, ADDISON, OHIO
FOUR GRANDSONS
LT. CHRISTOPHER (ANDREA) CRACE, CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.
SHAWN LOUIS FRENCH
JASON HOLCOMB, PT. PLEASANT, W.VA.
MARK (ANGIE) BURNS, GALLIPOLIS, OHIO
TWO GREAT GRANDCHILDREN
SPECIAL FRIENDS:
JIM CRACE JR., ROBERT E. EASTMAN, DAVID McQUAID AND BOB EVANS.
IN ADDITION TO HIS WIFE HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FOUR BROTHERS.
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD 11:00 A.M., FRIDAY NOVEMBER 1, 2002, IN THE McCOY-MOORE FUNERAL HOME, WETHERHOLT CHAPEL, GALLIPOLIS, WITH REV. MARVIN SALLEE OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW IN THE CAMPAIGN CEMETERY, NEAR ADDISON. FRIENDS MAY CALL AT THE FUNERAL HOME ON THURSDAY, 2:00 – 4:00 P.M. AND 7:00 – 9:00 P.M.. MASONIC SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED THURSDAYAT 8:45 P.M.BY THE CHESHIRE F & AM SILOAM #456. FULL MILITARY GRAVESIDE RITES WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE GALLIA COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATION.
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