Marie L. Vaughn went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, May 28, 2023. She was born in Clay on September 3, 1944 to the late W. E. Bill Lambert and Alma Matthews.

She is preceded in death by 2 sisters Eva Mae Lambert Tweddell and Frances Lambert Parrish.

She graduated from Clay High School in 1962. She attended Madisonville Community College where she got her Associates Degree and she also attended Lockyear Business College.  She worked for The Department of Community Based Services for Protection and Permanency for 15 years where she retired in 2010.  She was a member of Redeeming Love First General Baptist Church for years.

Survivors include 1 daughter Debbie Vaughn of Clay, niece Venita Curry of Manitou, Nephew Dennis Parrish of Dixon,  great Nieces Stacey Parrish, Stephanie Parrish(Adi-Rico), and Whitney Shemwell, great-great niece and nephew Peyton and Landon Shemwell.

Funeral services will be Saturday, June 3, 2023 at Vanover Funeral Home at 2:00 PM with Chaplain Pat Dew to officiate with burial to follow in Oddfellows Cemetery in Clay. Visitation will be Friday, June 2, 2023 from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM at the funeral home and from 10:00 AM till service time on Saturday.  Memorial Contributions can be made to Oddfellows Cemetery,  C/O Jessica Mitchell, 750 Oscar Todd Road, Clay, KY.