Mr. David Lewis Vaughn

January 3, 1943 - August 5, 2018

Mr. David Lewis Vaughn, 75, passed away on August 5, 2018 at The Carrington Nursing Center in Starkville. David was born January 3, 1943, in the Pine Bluff Community of Clay County, the son of the late David Arthur and Lora Lewis Vaughn. He was a 1960 graduate of West Point High School. He graduated from Mississippi State University with a Business Degree. He was a self-employed tree and cattle farmer. He was a member of St. Luke Lutheran Church in Starkville. He married Kathy Diane Essig on July 12, 1980, in Paragould, Arkansas. David enjoyed traveling and was a loving husband and father. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his Brother-in-Law: Dr. H.W. Essig. Funeral services will be Wednesday, August 8, 2018, at 2:00 P.M. at St. Luke Lutheran Church in Starkville, with Reverend David Hartung officiating. Burial will follow in Pine Bluff Cemetery in Mantee. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements. Survivors include his wife, Kathy Vaughn of Starkville; one daughter, Laura Vaughn of Oxford: a sister-in-law: Alice Essig of Starkville and a Brother-in-Law: George Essig (Gloria) of St. Charles, Missouri. Pallbearers will be Dan Vaughn, Gregary Clark, Dennis Florreich, Daniel Drake, Phillip Bridges, and Steve Essig. Memorials may be made to Pine Bluff Cemetery Carer Fund, c/o Betty McNeel, 3177 Colony Road, Pheba, MS 39755 or to St. Luke Lutheran Church, 1104 Louisville Street, Starkville, MS 39759. Visitation will be Wednesday 1:00-2:00 P.M. at St. Luke Lutheran Church. Friends may leave an online condolence at www.calvertfuneralhome.com