Sarah Mae Vaughn, daughter of the late Louis a. and Hallie Trammell Parker, was born in Calhoun City, Miss., on Dec. 7, 1942, and died at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau on Friday, March 3, 2006, at the age of 63.

She had resided in Dexter, Bloomfield and Essex areas most of her life.

On June 19, 1961, she was married to Edwin E. Vaughn in Donaldsonville, Ga.

She was a member of the New Life Pentecostal Church of Dexter.

Surviving are her husband, Edwin Vaughn of Malden; two sons, William Gene Vaughn of Dexter and Christopher Allen Vaughn of Campbell; two daughters, Regina Marie Wells of Malden and Tracy Jo Weiss of Arbyrd; one brother, Robert Parker of Gray Court, S.C.; and one sister, Geneva Riley of Steele; 11 grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, Vernon and Oather Parker.

Visitation was held from 5-8 p.m. Monday, March 6, 2006, at the Watkins & Sons Home in Dexter.

Funeral services were conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, March 6, 2006, at the Watkins & Sons Chapel in Dexter with Rev. Priscilla and Jeff Riley of Tyronza, Ark., officiating.

Interment followed in the Mt. Zion Cemetery in Steele with Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Dexter in charge of arrangements.