Onia Marie Vaughan

Onia Marie Vaughan went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Sunday, February 12, 2012 at the Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa at the age of seventy-one after a lengthy illness. Onia was born in Loving, New Mexico on January 24, 1941; the daughter of Frank and Hazel (Boker) Bryant. She moved with her family at an early age to Blackburn, Oklahoma where she was raised and attended school, graduating from Blackburn High School in 1960. After the completion of her schooling, Onia resided in White Sands, New Mexico then returning to Oklahoma, moving to Maramec where she raised her four children. Onia was later married to Don Vaughan in Stone Mountain, Georgia and the couple moved quite frequently over the next several years following Donís work as a sheet rock installer in Pawnee, Tulsa, Alaska, Missouri, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Sapulpa and then to Terlton in 1998. When her health permitted, Onia attended the South Heights Assembly of God Church in Sapulpa. She spent countless hours reading and enjoying the bible and also liked many television ministries and watching the Gaither Gospel Hour. She also loved to embroidery beautiful handcrafted items and sharing them with her family. She was known for the yearly fruit cakes that she prepared and also shared with her family and for making the best candy. She especially loved her Grandbabies and Great Grandbabies. She could often be found loving them and she loved to cuddle, bite their cheeks and pinch their legs. She also would spent many hours in the mornings preparing for family picnics. One of her favorite pastimes was spending vacations with her sisters, know as the ìHot Bahamas Mommasí; traveling to Branson, Mississippi, and New Mexico. She also was an avid four wheeler which she most enjoyed in the mountains. Onia is survived by her husband, Don of the home; four children, Beth Ann Patterson and her husband Larry of Bristow, Oklahoma, Billy Zane Lasater and wife Shelley of Oilton, Oklahoma, Bobby Lane Lasater and wife Kelly of Oilton, Oklahoma, and Twila Faith Snow of Oilton, Oklahoma; nineteen grandchildren Carisa, Lacie, Kyra, Lindsey, Brittany, Alan, Barbara, Jessica, Daniel, Stefanie, Justin, Kadie, Brian, Gage, Katie, Kelsey, Shawn, Crystal, and Dylan; eighteen great grandchildren; two brothers, J. E. Bryant of Blackburn, Oklahoma and Herman Bryant of Pawnee, Oklahoma; and six sisters, Molly Reese of Carlsbad, New Mexico, Rose Holey of Shawnee, Oklahoma, Frankie Coates of Sapulpa, Oklahoma, Lajuan Culf of Jennings, Oklahoma, Ethel Graves of Sapulpa, Oklahoma and Anita Smith of Sapulpa, Oklahoma. She was preceded in death by her mother Hazel Imogene Bryant (Boker); father Jim Frank Bryant; one grandson, Shane Patrick Snow on September 6, 1986 and a daughter in law, Janet Faye Lasater in 2003. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am, Thursday, February 16, 2012 at the South Heights Assembly of God in Sapulpa with Rev. Sam Bates officiating. Burial will follow at the Blackburn Cemetery under direction of the Chapman-Black Funeral Home.