Virgil Vivian Vaught (1919 - 2003)

Born 29 Aug 1919 in Giles Co., VA

Ancestors

Husband of Edna Kate Wright — married 28 Apr 1943 in Bland Co., VA

Died 9 May 2003 at age 83 in Charlottesville, VA

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Biography

Name: Virgil Venion Vaught Birth Date: 29 Aug 1919 Birth Place: Giles, VA

Name: Virgil Vivian Vaught Age: 23 Birth Date: abt 1920 Marriage Date: 28 Apr 1943 Marriage Place: Bland, VA Registration Place: Bland, VA Father: Jess Henderson Vaught Mother: Nellie Ada Fletcher Spouse: Edna Kate Wright Spouse Age: 21 Spouse Father: John Bowman Wright Spouse Mother: Lila Jane Chandler

Name: Virgil Vivian Vaught Death Date: 9 May 2003 Death Place: Charlottesville, VA

Name: Virgil V. Vaught Birth Date: 29 Aug 1919 Death Date: 9 May 2003 Cemetery: Birchlawn Burial Park Burial Place: Pearisburg, Giles, VA Spouse: Edna Kate Vaught

VAUGHT, Virgil V., 83, of Narrows, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 9, 2003 at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville. He was preceded in death by his parents, Jess and Ada Fletcher Vaught, four sisters, Mae Reed, Louise Marcus, Betty Booth and Lucille Thomas and five brothers, Earl, Clifford, Cecil, Jack and Clarence Vaught. Born in Giles County on August 29, 1919, he served in the U. S. Army for three and one half years during World War II. He retired from Celanese Corporation in 1984, having worked 44 years as a millwright. He is a member of the First Church of God, Rich Creek and the American Legion, Post 68, Narrows. He is survived by his loving wife of 60 years, Edna Wright Vaught, of the home; a daughter, Cheryl Robertson of Knoxville, Tenn.; a son and his wife, Tommy and Linda Vaught of Narrows; five sisters, Marie White Spicer, Martha Beasley, Annie Meadows, Joyce Sloan and Racheal Herman; four brothers, Sylvester, Charlie, Bill and Jesse Vaught; two granddaughters and their husband, Julie and Donny Dicer of Athens, Ga. and Melanie and Dewey Reynolds of Narrows; three grandsons, Keith Vaught and his wife, Rhonda of Jacksonville, N.C., Chris Robertson of Atlanta, Ga. and Cody Rose of Narrows; four great-grandchildren, Logan Rice and River Lang of Narrows, Zachary and Amari Vaught of Jacksonville, N.C.; and numerous nieces, nephews and their families and many friends. Funeral services will be held Monday, May 12, 2003 at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Riffe's Funeral Service in Narrows with the Rev. Clarence Dillon and Rev. Gerald Hilton officiating. Burial will follow in Birchlawn Burial Park, Pearisburg, with graveside rites conducted by the American Legion Post, the V.F.W. Post #6000, both of Narrows and Post #311, Pembroke. The family will receive friends at Riffe's in Narrows Sunday from 6 to 8 p.m. On-line condolences may be sent to the family at www.riffes.com

Name: Virgil Vivian Vaught Race: White Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head) Birth Place: Narrows, VA Birth Date: 29 Aug 1919 Residence: Narrows, Giles, VA Registration Date: 1940 Occupation: Celanese Corporation Of America Weight: 122 Complexion: Ruddy Eye Color: Brown Hair Color: Brown Height: 5 6 Next of Kin: Nellie Ada Vaught Relationship to Draftee: Mother Household Members: Name Relationship Virgil Vivian Vaught Self (Head) Nellie Ada Vaught Mother

Name: Virgil V Vaught Birth Year: 1919 Race: White, citizen (White) Nativity State or Country: Virginia State of Residence: Virginia County or City: Giles Enlistment Date: 15 Aug 1942 Enlistment State: Virginia Enlistment City: Roanoke Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA Grade: Private Grade Code: Private Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men) Source: Civil Life Education: Grammar school Civil Occupation: Unskilled occupations in fabrication of metal products, n.e.c. Marital Status: Single, with dependents Height: 65 Weight: 115

Name: Virgil V Vaught Service Info.: SGT US ARMY WORLD WAR II Birth Date: 29 Aug 1919 Death Date: 9 May 2003 Cemetery: Birchlawn Burial Park Cemetery Address: 1700 Birchlawn Circle Pearisburg, VA 24134

Sources

• Virginia, Births, 1864-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.

• Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia

• Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.

• Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi.

• Obit: From Find A Grave entry

• The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Virginia 10/16/1940 - 03/31/1987; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 758

• National Archives and Records Administration. Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; ARC: 1263923. World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park. College Park, Maryland, U.S.A.

• National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator.

• 1930; Census Place: Pearisburg, Giles, Virginia; Roll: 2444; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0005; FHL microfilm: 2342178