R. Brown McGaughey Sr.

R. Brown McGaughey Sr., 88, of Wichita Falls, died 9:40 p.m., Sunday, June 14, 2009, at Hospice of Wichita Falls.  Services have been scheduled for 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 17, 2009, at University United Methodist Church with military honors, officiated by Pastor Bryan Payne, Pastor Travis McGaughey and Reverend Dean Libby.  Interment will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, June 18, 2009, at East Mount Cemetery in Greenville, TX.

Brown was born July 15, 1920 in Greenville, TX to Winnie (Brown) and Wycliff P. McGaughey, DDS.  He married Rowena McKinley on June 4, 1945, in Hamilton, TX.  He attended University of the South in Swanee, TN for two years.  He then joined the Army Air Corps and graduated from Ft. Stockton, CA with the class of 41-G.  He served overseas in North Africa flying a C-47 with the 62nd Troop Carrier, pulling gliders and dropping paratroopers.  Among his many heroic deeds was his participation in the invasion of Sicily.  Brown McGaughey retired heavily decorated from the Air Force Reserves as a Lieutenant Colonel. 

Following the war he returned to college and graduated from Texas A & M with a degree in Animal Husbandry.  He was employed as an Assistant County Agent of Denton County and then became a full-time farmer in Lavon, TX.  He was employed by the General Adjustment Bureau in 1954 and retired with GAB in 1985.  He moved to Wichita Falls in 1993 and became a full-time rancher. 

Mr. McGaughey was a member of the Shriners, and an active member of University United Methodist Church and joined friends of his Sunday school class in worship and anticipated his weekly Thursday morning Men’s Bible Study.

Mr. McGaughey is preceded in death by his brother, Wycliff McGaughey.

He is survived by his wife of 64 years; three children, Shannon Baade and husband Duane of Lewisville, TX; Elizabeth Payne of Montgomery, TX; Robert McGaughey, Jr. and wife Sheila of Wichita Falls; six grandchildren, April Lyle, Wendy Tinney, Bryan Payne, Travis McGaughey, Jayson McGaughey, Doug Wimberley; and six great-grandchildren with two more on the way. 

Visitation will be held 6:00-8:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at Hampton Vaughan Funeral Home. 

Honorary pallbearers will be grandsons, Travis McGaughey, Jayson McGaughey, Bryan Payne, and great-grandsons, Matthew Lyle, Scott Lyle, and Todd Lyle.  

In lieu of flowers the family requests contributions be made to University United Methodist Church or Hospice of Wichita Falls.