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Vaughn J. French
Addison
October 29, 2002
ADDISON — Vaughn J. French, 80, of the Addison Community, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, October 29, 2002, in Holzer Medical Center.
He was born September 12, 1922, in Addison Township, son of the late Oscar Eugene and Nellie Belle Lawson French.
Vaughn married Dorothy HANSHER on March 13, 1942, at Marysville, and she preceded him in death on August 16, 1996.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps, serving during World War II.
Vaughn was a retired employee of Gallipolis Developmental Center, where he worked as a lab technician for 30 years.
He was a member of Cheshire F&AM Lodge Siloam No. 456, was a 32nd Degree Mason, Valley of Columbus Scottish Rite, and was a member of the Gallipolis Shrine, Hillbilly Clan No. 7 of Gallipolis, Gallipolis Gun Club, a Kentucky Colonel, Republican Party Central Committee person, Southern A’s Model A Car Club of Gallipolis, and a singer in the French Quartet.
Vaughn was an active member of his community, serving as Addison Township Trustee, and a loving neighbor and friend to the Amish community of Gallia County. He also volunteered as Shrine clown for various events.
He is survived by a son, Vaughn L. (Kathy) French of Gallipolis; a daughter, Carlene Crace of Addison; four grandsons, Lt. Christopher (Andrea) Crace of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Shawn Louis French, Jason Holcomb of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and Mark (Angie) Burns of Gallipolis; two great-grandchildren; and special friends, Jim Crace Jr., Robert E. Eastman, David McQuaid and Bob Evans.
In addition to his wife, he was preceded in death by four brothers.
Services will be 11 a.m. Friday, November 1, 2002, in the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home Wetherholt Chapel in Gallipolis, with the Rev. Marvin Sallee officiating. Burial will follow in the Campaign Cemetery, near Addison. Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, October 31, 2002.
Masonic services will be conducted in the funeral home at 8:45 p.m. Thursday, October 31, 2002, by Cheshire F&AM Siloam No. 456.
Full military graveside rites will be conducted by the Gallia County Veterans Service organization.


Notice entered Thursday, October 31, 2002.