Vaughan Jr., Archa
Archa Vaughan Jr., 89, of Pulaski, Va., died Sunday, June 22, 2008, in the Pulaski Community Hospital, Pulaski, Va. Archa was born and raised in Floyd County, Va., on February 26, 1919, on the family farm, Zionia.
He was a 1942 graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute. In that year, he married Marjorie Hope and began teaching at Liberty Hall High School in Lodi, Va. During World War II he served in the United States Marine Corp at Paris Island, S.C., and in the Pacific. After returning, he taught at Rich Valley High School and Marion High School before turning to a career in finance and banking in Abingdon, Pulaski and Dublin. He retired from Wachovia to continue his love for farming at Zionia.
He was a member and former elder at the First Presbyterian Church of Pulaski. He belonged to a number of fraternal and civic organizations including the Lion’s Club, the Elk’s Club and the Pulaski Science Club. He was also a member of the Pythagoras Masonic Lodge and was a Shriner. For many years he enjoyed serving on the Pulaski Board of Supervisors, often as chairman, and he served on the Public Service Authority and on the board of the Southwest Virginia Cattlemen’s Association and the Pulaski County Livesock Market.
Archa was preceded in death by his parents, Archa (Papa) and Beulah Margaret (Mama Peg) Vaughan Sr.; his wife, Marjorie Hope Harman Vaughan; an infant brother, Howard Vaughan; his sister and brother-in-law, Margaret Ann Vaughan (Peggy Ann) and Hardin Cox; a brother and sister-in-law, Clement S. and Jean Hartly Vaughan; a brother, George Robert Vaughan; a sister-in-law, Lou Alice Slusher Vaughan; brothers-in-law, Marvin H. Harman and C.W. Harman; and by a nephew, Taylor Wright Vaughan.
Surviving are his son, Archa Vaughan III, of Charleston, S.C.; daughter and son-in-law, Hope and Tom Sullivan, of Chilhowie, Va.; grandson and wife, Joshua and Amy Sullivan, of Asheville, N.C.; granddaughter, Jeslyn Vaughan, of Richmond, Va.; brothers, Maurice H. Vaughan, of Martinsburg, W.Va., and William D. Vaughan and wife, Dean, of Cherry Hill, N.J.; sister-in-law, Margaret H. Harman, of Willis, Va.; and many nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 25, 2008, from the Stevens Funeral Chapel, Pulaski, Va., with the Rev. Jeff Kackley and the Rev. Tom Sullivan officiating. Burial will follow in Jacksonville Cemetery, Floyd, Va. Visiting will be Tuesday evening, June 24, 3008, at Stevens Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Following visitation there will be a Masonic Service at 8 p.m.
The family would like to thank the Pulaski Retirement Community for all of their patience and love beyond the call of duty and for giving Archa a home. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to the Multiple Sclerosis Society, 1 Morton Drive, Suite 106, Charlottesville, Va. 22903. Arrangements by Stevens Funeral Home, Inc., Pulaski, Va.