Carrie Lyn Vaughn

Carrie Lyn Vaughn

July 31, 1949- April 18, 2022

Carrie was born in Harrison Arkansas to Robert Earnest Watkins and Mildred Daniels Watkins. In 1969 She met Paul Sims and Jimmy L. Brunmeier, two Army soldiers stationed in Texas. She married Jim in the summer of 1970 in Loveland, Colorado, and bore Paul’s child, Starlyn Dawn Brunmeier D’Angelo later that year. Carrie and Jim welcomed their son, Leon Robert Brunmeier in 1972. Carrie and Jim divorced and in 1993, she married Richard Vaughn. Rick and Carrie shared a wonderful and deep love until Rick succumbed to cancer in 2007. Her last years were spent with her dear partner, Wayde Metheny.

Carrie was a strong, intelligent, and willful woman who was known for her irreverent sense of humor, amazing strength, fierce loyalty, and kind heart. She worked as a safety inspector for Hewlett-Packard for over 25 years and raised her children single-handedly with fierce dedication. For several years, she volunteered at domestic violence shelters, often providing shelter for homeless friends. Carrie loved talking with friends, nature, camping in the mountains, 4-wheeling, and weekends at the VDR racetrack. She leaves behind her beloved partner Wayde, her son, Leon, daughter, Starlyn, her stepdaughters, Shaundelle Vaughn DeLisa and Kalinn Vaughn Harrison, and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and dear friends. A virtual gathering in celebration of her life will be held on July 31, 2022.