Pauline Vaughn Paul Mrs. Deese

LILESVILLE - Mrs. Pauline Vaughn Paul Deese, 86, died Sunday, July 5, 2015 at the home of her niece in Midland. Funeral services will be 3:00pm Tuesday, July 7, 2015 in the Chapel of Leavitt Funeral Home with Rev. Lynn Bullock officiating. Interment will follow in Lilesville Cemetery. The family will greet friends Tuesday one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Pauline was born May 20, 1929 in Anson County, NC a daughter of the late John Spencer Vaughn and Laura Alice Saunders Vaughn. She worked at Gilead Manufacturing in Mt. Gilead for 43 years. At the age of 68, following the closing of the plant where she worked, she went back to school to get her GED and while in school also received her Certified Nursing Assistant certification. She worked for several years as a CNA doing home health nursing and retired at the age of 80. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husbands, William Paul and Jack Deese and her sisters and brothers, Gladys Kistler, Ruth Cloninger, Infant Clara Vaughn, Wilson Vaughn and Henry Vaughn. Surviving are her nieces and nephews and their families, which includes, Joyce Ray and her family of Midland who were her caregivers; and her step-children, Danny Deese, Richard Deese and Agnes Webb. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of Stanly County, 960 N First St, Albemarle, NC 28001. The arrangements are in care of Leavitt Funeral Home. Online condolences may be made at www.leavittfuneralhomewadsboro.com