Hattie Vaughan

Monday, October 15, 2012 at First United Methodist Church in Decatur from noon until 2 pm. Service to follow with internment

at 4pm at the Shoemaker Cemetery in Moulton. She was born on September 27, 1917. Hattie Maude was a life-long resident

of Morgan County. After graduating from high school, Hattie Maude attended Athens State College where she received her BS

degree in Elementary for tqwenty-five years. throughout her life Hattie Maude was an active member of the United Methodist

Church both in the North Alabama Conference. A charter member of Memorial Drive United Methodist from its inception in

1030 until its closing in 2003, she was church historian and an active memver of the United Methodist Women, holding offices

at the church, district, and conference level. An avid historian, Hattie Maude served for eight years as the Chairperson of the

North Alabama Conference of Archives and History and as a board member of the Southeast Jurisdiction Historical Society

of the United Methodist Church. Since childhood, Hattie Maude has been involved with various community organizations in

Decatur, beginning with 4H Club, Girl Scouts, and continuing through her adult years as a 60 year member of the Questers

Club, a 20 year member of the AAUW book Club, and asan officer in the Morgan County Retired Teacher's Association.

A gracious hostess, Hattie Maude loved spending time with her children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews and with her

many friends. Whether traveling, gardening, reading, or researching her many genealogical interests, Hattie Maude took delight in the beauty of the world and the love of her family and friends. Hattie Maude was preceded in death by husband John Yancy

Vaughan; father, Edmund Burke Hames; mother Maude Olivia Lamon Hames; brother, Auburn Burke Hames; sisters,

Salie Mae Hames Hanson Wescott and Martha Hames Safley; and one grandson, Robert James Boland. She is survived by

daughter, Marye Vaughan Boland Moore (Paul) of Pascagoula, Mississippi; son John Vaughan (Beverly) of Decatur and

Paul Vaughan of Shreveport, Louisiana; four grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and one great great-grandchild. our

sincere thanks to Riverside Assisted Living for their outstanding care, love and friendship. Memorials may be made to Walter Jackson Elementary School Library.