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place she often remembered as having no electricity. She was the 3rd child in a family of six,<\/p>\n
the 2nd daughter having passed away in infancy. Martha moved to the Mission Dam in<\/p>\n
Peachtree, NC, when she was in 4th grade where they finally had electricity, much to her<\/p>\n
delight. In the 7th grade the family moved to Andrews, NC, where her daddy built a grocery<\/p>\n
store. She and her sister, Mildred, worked in the grocery store weekday afternoons and<\/p>\n
alternated half-days on Saturday. They had a system that worked just for them: the one<\/p>\n
in the morning cleaned house and the one in the afternoon ironed clothes. Starting out,<\/p>\n
Roy paid them $0.50\/hr, the minimum wage, and they put their earnings in \u201cpostal savings\u201d.<\/p>\n
Martha went oU to attend Lee College in Cleveland, TN, in 1951 at 16 years of age where she<\/p>\n
met the love of her life, Dan Vaught. The two dated, fell in love, and planned to get married,<\/p>\n
but Roy was not on board. He made Martha drop out of Lee University and move back to<\/p>\n
Andrews, NC. While she may have returned home for a short while at her father\u2019s direction,<\/p>\n
she was working on her wedding dress the whole time.<\/p>\n
Eventually she was able to return to her studies, this time at the University of Tennessee.<\/p>\n
After spring semester there, she and Dan got married in June of 1954. Together, the two of<\/p>\n
them moved to North Carolina as teachers, and she enrolled in summer classes at Western<\/p>\n
Carolina College to finally earn the degree she had been pursuing for years. However, God\u2019s<\/p>\n
timing is always perfect, and Martha became pregnant with their first child, a daughter,<\/p>\n
Tamie Vaught Esmond. While Tamie was a toddler, Martha returned to complete her degree<\/p>\n
in Elementary Education in 1962. Then 2 years later, they were blessed with the birth of their<\/p>\n
son, Byron Everitt Vaught.<\/p>\n
Passionate and persistent, Martha was an exceptional teacher. Wherever Dan\u2019s job with the<\/p>\n
Labor Department took them, there she would teach. She taught in North Carolina, Florida,<\/p>\n
and Georgia. She completed her Master\u2019s in Early Childhood Education in 1982. Everywhere<\/p>\n
she went, she found favor with students, parents, and administration alike. She was awarded<\/p>\n
star teacher for the 1989-1990 school year at Ballard Elementary in Brunswick, GA. She<\/p>\n
taught for a total of 22 years. Of those 22 years, the final 14 years teaching kindergarten were<\/p>\n
her favorites.<\/p>\n
Her love of education made its way past the classroom and into the church where she taught<\/p>\n
Junior High Sunday school and worked with youth. She also loved to share her knowledge,<\/p>\n
her stories, and her many skills with her 11 grandchildren. A lifelong learner as well, Martha<\/p>\n
loved to stay busy sewing, both clothes and home furnishings, and reading.<\/p>\n
Martha always followed the Christian faith and regularly attended church. She and Dan were<\/p>\n
married for 62 wonderful years.
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Martha G. VaughtMartha Gibson Vaught was born on July 4th, 1935, to Roy and Eva Gibson in Hayesville, NC, a place she often remembered as having no electricity. She was the 3rd child in a family of six, the 2nd daughter having passed away in infancy. Martha moved to the Mission Dam in Peachtree, NC, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3396,"featured_media":10223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"
place she often remembered as having no electricity. She was the 3rd child in a family of six,<\/p>
the 2nd daughter having passed away in infancy. Martha moved to the Mission Dam in<\/p>
Peachtree, NC, when she was in 4th grade where they finally had electricity, much to her<\/p>
delight. In the 7th grade the family moved to Andrews, NC, where her daddy built a grocery<\/p>
store. She and her sister, Mildred, worked in the grocery store weekday afternoons and<\/p>
alternated half-days on Saturday. They had a system that worked just for them: the one<\/p>
in the morning cleaned house and the one in the afternoon ironed clothes. Starting out,<\/p>
Roy paid them $0.50\/hr, the minimum wage, and they put their earnings in \u201cpostal savings\u201d.<\/p>
Martha went oU to attend Lee College in Cleveland, TN, in 1951 at 16 years of age where she<\/p>
met the love of her life, Dan Vaught. The two dated, fell in love, and planned to get married,<\/p>
but Roy was not on board. He made Martha drop out of Lee University and move back to<\/p>
Andrews, NC. While she may have returned home for a short while at her father\u2019s direction,<\/p>
she was working on her wedding dress the whole time.<\/p>
Eventually she was able to return to her studies, this time at the University of Tennessee.<\/p>
After spring semester there, she and Dan got married in June of 1954. Together, the two of<\/p>
them moved to North Carolina as teachers, and she enrolled in summer classes at Western<\/p>
Carolina College to finally earn the degree she had been pursuing for years. However, God\u2019s<\/p>
timing is always perfect, and Martha became pregnant with their first child, a daughter,<\/p>
Tamie Vaught Esmond. While Tamie was a toddler, Martha returned to complete her degree<\/p>
in Elementary Education in 1962. Then 2 years later, they were blessed with the birth of their<\/p>
son, Byron Everitt Vaught.<\/p>
Passionate and persistent, Martha was an exceptional teacher. Wherever Dan\u2019s job with the<\/p>
Labor Department took them, there she would teach. She taught in North Carolina, Florida,<\/p>
and Georgia. She completed her Master\u2019s in Early Childhood Education in 1982. Everywhere<\/p>
she went, she found favor with students, parents, and administration alike. She was awarded<\/p>
star teacher for the 1989-1990 school year at Ballard Elementary in Brunswick, GA. She<\/p>
taught for a total of 22 years. Of those 22 years, the final 14 years teaching kindergarten were<\/p>
her favorites.<\/p>
Her love of education made its way past the classroom and into the church where she taught<\/p>
Junior High Sunday school and worked with youth. She also loved to share her knowledge,<\/p>
her stories, and her many skills with her 11 grandchildren. A lifelong learner as well, Martha<\/p>
loved to stay busy sewing, both clothes and home furnishings, and reading.<\/p>
Martha always followed the Christian faith and regularly attended church. She and Dan were<\/p>
married for 62 wonderful years.<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[128,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-128","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11258"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11261,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11258\/revisions\/11261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}