Gallimore, Marie Vaughn

Marie Vaughn Gallimore, of Willis, died Wednesday, January 31, 2007 following a decade long battle with cancer.

Marie was a musician and entertainer with a lifetime of experience in music and radio broadcasting. Well known in the local old time and country music circles, Marie had been playing with the Mountain Ivy Band prior to the last round of illness.

Involved in broadcasting since 1961, she was one of the founders of Radio Station WGFC in Floyd. From her first professional performances singing as “Dixie Lee” in the 1950’s to playing doghouse and electric bass with her husband and several bands, she was a trooper.

She was born April 23, 1928 to Bethel Martin Vaughn and Laura Emma Harris Vaughn. She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, radio personality “Farmer Dale”, Dale Whittington Gallimore and her siblings, Posey Vaughn, Howard Vaughn, Belva McGuire and Eva Lorton.

Surviving are her two sons, Anthony (Tony) Gallimore and Gerald Gallimore, both of Willis; nephews, Richard McGuire, William (Tom) Vaughn, and Posey (Frank) Vaughn; and nieces, Barbara Harris, Catherine Vaughn, Betty Perry, Carolyn Weddle and Linda Sauvageau.

A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, February 3, 2007 at the Maberry Funeral Home Chapel, Floyd. Interment will follow at the Hylton-Vaughn Cemetery at 2912 Burks Fork Road in Willis. Friends may call at Maberry Funeral Home on Friday where the family be from 6 to 8 p.m. Memorials are suggested to the Hylton-Vaughn Cemetery Fund, c/o P.O. Box 70, Willis, Va. 24380.