The funeral service for Rev. Chester Pat Vaughan, age 80, will be at 10:00 A.M. Friday, May 16, 2008, at Evangel Assembly of God Church.  Burial will be in the Hennessey Cemetery, with arrangements by Anderson-Burris Funeral Home.  Visitation with the family will be Thursday evening from 6:00 to 7:30 PM at the funeral home.

            He was born to Pat and Dema Vaughan on August 11, 1927 in Mulhall, OK, and died Wednesday, May 14, 2008, in Enid. 

            Pat grew up in the Dover and Crescent area.  He served in the United States Army from 1945 to 1947.  He was a part of the Army of Occupation in Japan in 1946.  During this time, he was a jeep driver for General Macarthur.  He married Melva Maloney on July 3, 1946, and eight children were born to this union.  In 1962, he began ministering in Vassar Church near Mulhall.  Pat was a licensed Assembly of God minister and pastor from the 1960’s until his retirement in 1993.  Pat was also employed with the Oklahoma State Highway Department until his retirement in 1985.  Pat continued his calling of preaching the gospel until 1993.  After his retirement, he continued teaching his Sunday School class for several years.  Pat loved to hunt and train coonhounds.

            He is survived by his wife, Melva of the home; six children, Patsy Schaffer of Perry, Tim Vaughan of Perry, John Vaughan of Garber, Kathy Smith of Lucien, Andy Vaughan of Lamont, and Mark Vaughan of DeKalb, TX; sixteen grandchildren; twenty-one great grandchildren; one brother Lester Vaughan of Enid; one sister Erma Lee Valdonskie of Texas; and many other family members and friends.

            Pat is preceded in death by daughter Sharon Ann Vaughan in 1960, son Mike Vaughan in 1993, and ten brothers and sisters.