Nansemond County-Portsmouth City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Vaughan, Wilbur J., 1945 

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WILBUR JUDSON VAUGHAN

           Aged Man’s Body Taken from River

     Wilbur Vaughan, 69, of Dinwiddie Street, Accidently Drowned

   The body of Wilbur Vaughan, 69, of 315 Dinwiddie Street, reported missing 
from his home since yesterday, was found floating in the Elizabeth river today 
at the foot of London street.

   Vaughan was at one time employed by the Portsmouth-Norfolk county ferry in a 
supervisory capacity.

   The death was investigated by Detective J. M. Parker, of the Portsmouth 
police department, who said Vaughan evidently had fallen into the water. There 
was no evidence of foul play, he said.

   Mr. Vaughan was the husband of the late Florence (sic) Bradshaw Vaughan, and 
son of the late Katherine Hanna and Jesse T. Vaughan.

   He was a native of Holland, Va., residing here for a number of years.

   He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Doris Savage, of Portsmouth; five sons, 
Gordon Vaughan, of Portsmouth; Woodrow Wilson Vaughan, of Norfolk; William and 
Paul Vaughan, U.S. Army and Leland Vaughan, USN; one brother, Dr. Carleton C. 
Vaughan, of Washington, D.C.;  three sisters, Mrs. Buela Butler, of Norfolk; 
Mrs. Gertrude Smith, of Holland,  and Mrs. Otelina (sic) Harrell, of Suffolk, 
and six grandchildren.

      The body was conveyed to the Richardson and Foster Funeral Home pending 
funeral arrangements.

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   Wilbur Vaughan, 69, a retired supervisor at the Portsmouth and Norfolk 
County Ferries, who drowned accidently Sunday in the harbor was buried today in 
Liberty Springs Churchyard, near Suffolk. Funeral services were conducted at 
1 p.m. at the Richardson and Foster Funeral Home. The Rev. A.B. Bass, pastor of 
Court Street Baptist Church officiating.

  Pallbearers were A.H. Howell, James A. Bunn, William A. Davenport, Phillip W. 
Whitehurst, Robert A. Hutchins and Robert Parsons.

[Note: Wilbur Judson Vaughan was born May 4, 1876 and died October 14, 1945. 
 He was the son of Jesse Thomas Vaughan and Catherine Hannah Bradshaw] 


[Wilbur Judson VAUGHAN, 4 May 1876 - 14 Oct 1945, 
 interred in Liberty Springs Christian Church Cemetery, 17 Oct 1945, 
 "The Portsmouth (Va.) Star," obit dated 15 Oct 1945; 
 "The Portsmouth (Va.) Star," funeral notice dated 17 Oct 1945] 

[obit donated by Peggy V. McKinney; 
 file transcribed by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
 and re-formatted by File Manager.] 

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