Obituary of Joyce Harper Vaughn
Funeral services for Joyce Harper Vaughn, age 93, of Roanoke will be held on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at 2:00 PM at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Tim Whaley officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 12:00 Noon – 2:00 PM before services begin on Tuesday.
Mrs. Vaughn passed away on Sunday, March 9, 2025, at Lineville Health & Rehabilitation Center.
Survivors include: one daughter, Lavenia Swann (Will) of Wedowee; two sons, Billy Smith (Carol) of Montgomery and Kevin Smith (Diana) of Roanoke; one step-daughter, Sylvia Matthews (Bill) of Tallahassee, FL; two stepsons, Bill Vaughn of Athens, AL and Ken Vaughn (Donna) of Alex City; nine grandchildren, Leigh Smith, Kristi Wright, Taylor Gates, Allyson Smith, Brian Darda, Bobby Darda, Kayla Vaughn Estes, Nicole Vaughn Wilkerson and Kristen Gatlin; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Robie Harper, Mark Lowry, Brian Darda, Chase Lowry, Adam Gates and Justin Wright. Honorary pallbearers will be Bobby Darda and Blake Lowry.
A lifelong Randolph County resident, Mrs. Vaughn was born on July 23, 1931, the daughter of Green Clarence and Lizzie Johnson Harper. She was Christian by faith and had attended the First Baptist Church of Wedowee, Trinity Baptist Church and Rock Stand Congregational Christian Church. Mrs. Vaughn had worked as a supervisor at Hanes Hosiery before her retirement. Mrs. Vaughn was preceded in death by her parents; granddaughter, Elizabeth Nichole Swann; two sisters, Mary Bailey and Florence Hand; and five brothers, Walter, Leonard, Robert, Andrew and Clinton Harper.
The family would like to express their sincere appreciation to the staff at Lineville Health & Rehabilitation Center and Compassus Hospice for their care and kindness.
Memorials may be floral or the family requests donations be made to the American Cancer Society or to the Alzheimer’s Association.
Online condolences may be left at www.quattlebaumfuneralhome.com