Birth date: Nov 13, 1956 Death date: Sep 4, 2021
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Eddie Michael Vaughn, 64, passed away Saturday, September 4, 2021, at Capital Regional Medical Center, Jefferson City, Missouri.Eddie was preceded in death by his parents, John & Velma “Jackie” Vaughn, his grandparents Annie & Dennie Neeley, Sam & Lucy Vaughn, and uncles, James & Arthur. Those left to cherish his memory are his kids, Heather DelValle & Jonathan Vaughn; sister Donna Castle; grandkids, Jonathan Ryder Vaughn & Savannah Delvalle; uncles, Daniel Neeley & Eugene “Bud” Neeley; son-in-law, Anthony; daughter-in-law, Rondell; brother-in-law, Jim and many wonderful friends.Eddie was born in California, but his ties were always in Kingsport, Tennessee where he grew up. He attended the University of Tennessee where he graduated with a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering. Then he later obtained his Professional Engineer license.Eddie met Sharon and they moved to Miami, Fl. where they got married. He worked for Florida Power & light as a mechanical engineer. They became pregnant & moved to Palm Beach Gardens, to start a family. That’s where they had their first child, Heather and six years later, they had their son, Jonathan. Eddie was married fourteen years before they divorced & he moved to Missouri working as a consulting engineer for Ameren over the last twenty-two years until he passed. He loved his work friends at Ameren, his lifelong friends from Tennessee and he also loved his friends from south Florida. Eddie made friends easily because people loved that he was kind & honest. He was very funny & genuine. He would help anyone that he could. He was a man of strong faith in Jesus Christ and told us often he couldn’t wait to get off this rock so he could be with Jesus and have eternal life. Eddie was very giving and loving with an altruistic spirit. He was a great provider and always wanted to be prepared for anything. Eddie loved math & numbers. He always found humor in that he could tell us the number pi to so many digits. He enjoyed playing the guitar for many years with family and friends. He loved animals and nature and would feed every animal that found their way to his house. He was always interested in space and the idea of life on other planets. He enjoyed shooting guns & followed politics closely.But above everything, he loved his kids and family. He always enjoyed good food and spending time together whether it was in the Smokey mountains of Tennessee, at his moms house in Kingsport, or in Missouri where he resided. Eddie loved seeing everyone happy, that’s what made him happy. His kids, Heather & Jonathan were everything to him, and he left this world at peace with each of them by his side, hand in hand until his last breath.A private family graveside service will be conducted at Oak Hill Memorial Park, Kingsport. Tn. To share memories and condolences with the family please visit www.oakhillfh.com The care of Eddie Vaughn and his family has been entrusted to the staff of Oak Hill Funeral & Cremation Services.Read Obituary
In my eyes and heart all I seen was a man on the right side of God.And I still thank you daily for the man you always will be to me.And want to say thanks for listening to the laughter and tears and long talks and prayers cause things I've learned I'm sure your playing your guitar and singing with all your kingdom.And throw a thanks in there for relaying prayers.Miss you deeply. With love,Tina
Eddie was my best friend at Tennessee. We were in the same mechanics class at the engineering college and became instant friends after laughing about our professor and how he never looked at his students and how we could not understand him because of his poor command of English. We discovered that we had a lot in common such as playing classical guitars. And so we studied together and saw each other pretty much daily until I graduated and moved off to Florida. I was living in a small apartment in Knoxville with my best gal Karen and he was with us a lot. We loved to play Cribbage and Hearts and play guitars in between studying. Eddie was a fabulous guitarist and he taught me a lot. The first picture of Karen and I was taken by Eddie with my camera. It’s our favorite photo and we had a painting made from it. I had decided to stay in Knoxville for Thanksgiving in ‘79 and was pretty much alone because all the kids went home for the holiday. Eddie invited me to go with him and have thanksgiving at his grandparents home. It was in a very remote area outside of Kingsport and I want to say it was near Big Stone Gap. The meal cooked on a wood burning stove and they had a root cellar and outhouse which made a huge impression on this sheltered city boy. We also explored a cave near his grandparents home which had graffiti dating to the 1800s. The whole place was like a trip into the past, and I’ve told the story of that day many times. Karen and I both worked while finishing up school, but we were sometimes dead broke a couple days before payday. Eddie would always be happy to lend us a 5 or a 10 until we got paid. To this day Karen laugh about that and we called him “The Bank of Ed”. I graduated a year ahead of Eddie and took a job in Florida with FPL. Eddie and I wrote back and forth until he graduated and he also took a job with FPL in Miami. He had brought Sharon with him to Florida and Karen and I loved her immediately. And so the four of us were the best of friends for those years. Eventually they moved to Jupiter and we were close by in Palm Beach Gardens and so we saw a lot of them. We had our baby Rachel and they had Heather around the same time and we had much in common. Our young families were together a lot back then and we have many happy memories. Karen and I decided to take a job in Miami and we kind of lost touch with them after that. Eddie was one of my best friends and he will always live in my heart.
Jimmie Porter
So nice to read Jim. Thanks for being a good friend to my dad, I know he was talking about you all not long ago. You or Karen message anytime Heatherdelvalle@yahoo.com
There is no love greater than the one I have for my dad. I am truly thankful & blessed to have had such a wonderful dad. He is the one person in my life that was always there for me no matter what. I could always count on him. There’s so many daily communications between us I already miss. My dad is the smartest man I know, one of the funniest without even really trying, the most loving & genuine. He was a rock in our family & completely irreplaceable in every way. He was my friend. My daughters only grandparent.. she asks about you or talks about you every day dad. She said she wants to hug papa & she loves you. I truly appreciate all the comments on here, texted and emailed to me about my dad. Makes me even more proud of him than I already was. I am happy he had such great friends.
And I thank God for the angels he put in my path that made it possible to spend those last moments with my dad that I may not otherwise had.. My dads nurse Gabrielle & her sister Courtney, whom I didn’t even know.. helped me get to him when my connecting flight was canceled after waiting in another state on my layover. There are still good people out there & what they did to help us was exactly what my dad would had done for someone else. I am beyond grateful to have had those last moments with him. Two days prior to my dad passing he was texting me, joking about the crappy hospital food they kept trying to give him. He was saying he’d be back to work in a few days. He was a ‘he-man’ no doubt to the very end. My dad was the first one to hold me.. and I was the last one to hold him. I love you dad & I miss you. I hope I always make you proud ❤️
Eddie was my mentor when I started at Callaway right out of college. He was a great mentor and always helped me whenever I asked but what I enjoyed most was all our conversations. I would go to his cube for a question but spend even more time listening to his stories. He was always entertaining. Some of my favorite memories were working nightshift during Refuel with Eddie. He would always bribe me to cut up an onion for his amazing bean dip or all the other snacks we would bring in. I also love the day I found a huge picture of my face in the Mona Lisa portrait in my cube that Eddie had created for fun. I still have that picture. I left Callaway 7 years ago but I could always count on a random email from Eddie that could be as old as 15 years old titled STUFF or MORE STUFF. I was very sad when I received the news, Eddie will be missed for sure!
Thank you Nikki 🙏🏼 My dad liked you a lot I remember him mentioning you amongst other work friends. He even made those crazy pictures of his mom & grandma lol he’s been doing it for yrs & cracks himself up. Still headed email subject that way too, thanks for sharing!-Eddies daughter,
Heather
Eddie was my friend. We grew up in the same neighborhood in Tennessee. We talked a lot over the phone after I left Callaway. We both had the same interest in firearms and Tennessee football and it was always a pleasure to talk to him about them. He was my go to guy in Engineering when I needed help. Always polite and always helpful. He will be greatly missed.
Thank you Danny 🙏🏼-Eddies daughter,
Heather
Eddie has been a great co-work, mentor and friend to me. He was always willing to help me with any question I had. I remembered one time, as a new engineer, I messed something up and got frustrated. Eddie just calmly told me: 'no worries, we will fix it'. And that was what he did. Eddie and I shared the same cube for a period. He always shared stories about his family, his dog, his vacation and how cute his grandchildren are. He will be greatly missed.
Thank you Joann 🙏🏼-Eddie’s daughter,
Heather
Eddie always had an admirable approach to problem solving - calm, attentive and accurate. This was a valuable lesson to learn as a young engineer fresh into the professional world. I specifically remember always feeling a strong sense of comfort when Eddie was in the same meetings or on the same team as I. His mentorship to myself and many others will live on. I hope that the family and friends find strength and blessings as you navigate through this tough time.
Thank you Trent. I appreciate comments like these. It makes me more proud of him than I already was. And we have always been very proud of our dad.-Eddies daughter,
Heather
Eddie will be greatly missed. He was a great engineer who would take on anything you asked him to do and get it done in a quality manner. He was always will to listen and answer any question. I still remember when I was traveling to West Palm Beach and he told all the "must do" places. He was a good guy and a good friend. Prayers to the family.
Thank you Mark 🙏🏼-Eddie’s daughter,
Heather
Ed Vaughn will be greatly missed, good man, loved his family, always willing to help those who would just ask. I've known Eddie for a long time, but our friendship grew greatly in the last couple years. I will truly miss the man, he left a lasting memory I will never forget. See you on the other side, my friend till we meet again. God speed.
Kevin Glascock
Thank you for being a good friend to him Kevin 🙏🏼-Eddie’s daughter,
Heather
My condolences to the family. We’ll miss Eddie terribly. I’ve worked with Eddie for many years and have always appreciated his insights & helpful nature, but what I really loved about him was his fun sense of humor and our common passion for caffeinated beverages. Several years ago I brought an espresso machine to work and Eddie & I immediately began researching and taste testing every espresso pod on the market. It was great fun and always kept us working with a smile. He certainly brightened the lives of all of us at the Nuc plant. He will be dearly missed.
Thank you Chip! 🙏🏼-Eddie’s daughter,
Heather
