Vaughn Elwood Sloan II

Vaughn Elwood Sloan II July 23, 1933 - December 25, 2010 Vaughn Elwood Sloan, 77, St. Augustine, died December 25, 2010 at 9:40 PM at the McGraw Center for Caring in Jacksonville Beach surrounded by his wife, Kathy and daughter, Pamela. Vaughn was born July 23, 1933 in Shreveport, LA and briefly attended college in Louisiana before his enlistment in the Navy. He served in both Korea and Vietnam, the latter being with the First Marine Division in Vietnam for over a year. He later served at the Dental Centers in Parris Island and Pensacola Naval Air Station. Vaughn served aboard the USS Lexington, the USS Intrepid, the USS Antietam, the USS Essex, and the USS Grand Canyon, spending 20 years on active duty and 10 additional years in the Fleet Reserve. After retirement for the Navy in 1971, he returned to the Dental College in Charleston, SC and later became a member of the faculty in the areas of dental prosthodontics and later in the department of Maxillo Facial and Prosthodontics. After 10 years in Charleston, Vaughn transferred to the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, TX, on the faculty again in the departments of Maxillo Facial and Prosthodontics. After retirement from the Univ. of Texas and investing in a private security company, the Sloan's moved back to Charleston, SC and he attended the State Law Enforcement Academy and the Police Academy in Columbia, SC, later becoming the Director of Security for Charleston Southern University for the next ten years. After moving back to the St. Augustine area, Vaughn worked on the security staff at Flagler College for 13 years. Vaughn was a devoted family man who loved his children and spent a lot of time sharing in their activities in school and sports. He was also an avid bass fisherman and camper. He and his wife spent much of their time on the St. Johns River, living there part time and in town part time for the first few years after returning to St. Augustine. Memorial services will be held 11:00 AM Monday January 3, 2011 at the St. Augustine Shores United Methodist Church with Dr. Tom Cullens, pastor, officiating. Organist will be Thomas Waring Bailey of Charleston, SC. Military honors will be rendered by the U.S. Navy. Interment services will be held 1:00 PM Tuesday Jan. 4, 2011 at Jacksonville National Cemetery. Flowers are gratefully declined and those wishing may make a contribution in his memory to Community Hospice of NE Florida or to St. Augustine Shores United Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife and St. Augustine native, Katherine "Puddin" Yeates Sloan; and his daughter, Pamela, both of St. Augustine. He was preceded in death by his son, Vaughn Eugene Sloan, his brother, Eugene Paul Trahan, and a sister, Margaret Sloan Campbell. St. Johns Family Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.