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Submitted: 10/31/16 • Approved: 10/31/16 • Last Updated: 11/3/16 • R1159325-G0-S3
1917 - 2005
Married:
Edith Virginia Wiseman
30 Aug 1941 Faulkner County, AR
William Roger Vaughter Sr., M.D., 88, of Savannah, Ga., and formerly of Little Rock, died Tuesday (Oct. 11, 2005) under the care of Hospice Savannah at Buckingham South.
Born July 23, 1917, in Conway, he was a son of the late Lola M. Rogers Vaughter and William Claude Vaughter.
He was preceded in death by his wives, Edith Virginia Wiseman Vaughter and Anna L. Coger Vaughter.
Roger graduated from Hendrix College in Conway in 1939 with a chemistry degree. He worked as a chemist for the Arkansas State Department of Revenue and later as a supervisor of the IBM Division of the State Comptroller's Office.
At the age of 39, he entered the University of Arkansas Medical School after a 14-year delay because of an illness he contracted when he was 9 years old.
After graduation, he became a board certified anesthesiologist and practiced at Memorial Hospital in North Little Rock, Arkansas until he retired in 1988.
He was an active member of Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church for many years.
He moved to Savannah, Ga., in July 2002.
Surviving are his sons, William R. Vaughter Jr. and Dr. James H. Vaughter and his wife, Faye, all of Savannah, Georgia; two grandsons, William Roger Vaughter III and Christopher M. Vaughter, both of New Orleans, La.; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Saturday in Shamblin Chapel of Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church conducted by the Rev. Victor H. Nixon.
Interment will be in Oak Grove Cemetery in Conway.
Parents:
William Claud Vaughter (1889 - 1965)
Lola M. Rogers Vaughter (1891 - 1990)
Spouse:
Edith Virginia Wiseman Vaughter (1920 - 1986)
Contributed on 10/31/16 by hawkinsdonna
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