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Submitted: 5/1/21 • Approved: 5/2/21 • Last Updated: 5/4/21 • R1371953-G1371953-S3
Francis Vaughn
June 16, 1915 - April 3, 1968
Mason
Evelyn Johnson
April 12, 1916 - February 3, 1995
Eastern Star
Vaughn Wade was killed on April 3, 1968 by a tornado that ripped through Lincoln County. His daughter Sherrie Wade Ritcherson & her husband Donald Ray Ritcherson were also killed in the same storm. The couple had just left Vaughn Wade's home in Star City returning to their home in Pine Bluff when their car was picked up and hurled from the road into a wooded area.
Vaughn Wade, age 23 of Keo, married Miss Evelyn Johnson, age 22 of Grady, on February 11, 1939 in Lonoke County, Arkansas.
Source: Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957
Contributed on 5/1/21 by deltabelle55
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