Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....VAUGHAN, MARIA BROOKING WOOTEN  October 22, 2008
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News Star World - October 26, 2008
MARIA BROOKING WOOTEN VAUGHAN

Mulhearn Funeral Home

Sterlington Road, Monroe, LA

Graveside services for Mrs. Maria Brooking Wooten Vaughan, 96, of Marietta, GA 
formerly of Monroe, LA, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, October 27, 2008, at 
Riverview Cemetery with Rev. Gregg Riley officiating. Arrangements are under 
the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington Road, Monroe.

Mrs. Vaughan died October 22, 2008 in Marietta, GA. The former Maria Brooking 
Wooten was born November 5, 1911 in Monroe. She was raised on the lower 
Pargoud Plantation on South Grand Street and graduated from the Ouachita 
Parish school system. Her parents were the late Mr. & Mrs. James Roach Wooten 
of Monroe. Upon graduation from high school, Mrs. Vaughan attended the Normal 
College in Natchitoches, LA. After graduation, she taught the primary grades 
in Sterlington, LA.

In 1934, Mrs. Vaughan married Mr. Vaughan in a lovely home wedding on 
Thanksgiving Day. Mr. & Mrs. Vaughan lived up north for 35 years and returned 
to Monroe to live in the family home in their retirement. Mrs. Vaughan was a 
member of the DAR, The Colonial Dames in the state of Louisiana, was on the 
board of the Masur Museum of Art, and was past President of the Monroe Garden 
Club. She and Mr. Vaughan volunteered at the poles during elections.

Mr. Vaughan preceded her in death in 1992. Mrs. Vaughan moved to Marietta, GA 
to live with her daughter where she remained until this time.

She leaves behind two children, Melville Vaughan, Jr. of Memphis, TN, and Mrs. 
Maria Vaughan Kistler of Marietta, GA; two grandsons, and six great-
grandchildren in Atlanta, GA; two nieces, Mrs. Roy Johns of Monroe, and Mrs. 
Lee Pierson of Monroe; a nephew, Elmer Slagle of Dallas, TX; plus many great 
nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be Monday from 11:00 A.M. until 12:00 P.M at Mulhearn Funeral 
Home, Sterlington Road, Monroe.

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