Peggy Barnett Vaughan passed away peacefully at home on Nov. 8, 2012, surrounded by her family, husband James, son Andy, daughter Vicki, son-in-law Dan and granddaughters Ali, Brooke and Lauren. She was 76.

Peggy was an only child, born to Charlie and Louise Barnett in Amory, MS on Feb. 11, 1936. She graduated from Amory High School in 1954 and married James, her childhood sweetheart, one year later. Like many women of her generation, she worked fulltime to put James through college and a Ph.D. program. Taking classes at night, she was able to earn 2 years of college credit during the first 6 years of marriage. After staying at home as a fulltime Mother until Andy and Vicki were teenagers, she returned to college and earned a B.A. in Psychology from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH. (more)