Cathy Lynn Abel-Vaughn
Cathy Lynn Abel-Vaughn of Lake Brownwood, Texas passed peacefully in her home on Nov. 10, 2024. A memorial service will be held Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024 at 2 p.m. at Brownwood Funeral Home.
Cathy was born in Fort Stockton, Texas to the late Jerl Dale and Clara Helen Abel on Sept. 2, 1951. She attended school in Jennings. Over the years she had a number of different jobs but found her passion in truck driving. She was her “daddy’s only son” so of course she followed in his footsteps. They were two peas in a pod for sure. Nothing could stop her, not even her height of 4’ 10 3/4” and she loved to tell everyone that.
She was known for giving directions even if you didn’t need them and there was not a highway she didn’t know. She drove for 20 plus years as an independent contractor for Prime and was Owner operator of Old Goat Trucking until her retirement in 2018. Her favorite foods were crawfish, watermelon, Lays chips and vanilla ice cream. She also loved reading romance books and getting her head out of a book was really hard. She loved her children more than life and her grandchildren were her everything. She had the biggest heart and loved to share it with everyone. Many people called her mom. She was the first to take you in or give advice that maybe you didn’t want to hear. She also loved people and would talk to just about anyone. This fearless woman who faced many hard trials in life would always pick her head up high and took what life had to give until the end. She was a stubborn, bull-headed old goat, that never gave in. She wasn’t going to be told she couldn’t do something. 'Just watch me,' she would say. She will be greatly missed by all that knew her and she definitely made an impact on the lives of all that she knew with all her sassy attitude.
Cathy Lynn Abel-Vaughn was preceded in death by her parents; sister Carol Ann Abel; her three sons Jeffery Harold Van Cooney, James Ray Beatty and Ronnie Lee Beatty along with two grandchildren, Shelton Lane Algebright Beatty and Jeffery Glen Beatty.
Cathy Lynn Abel-Vaughn is survived by her devoted daughter Jessica Van Cooney and wife Sheryl Miller and her son Mark Cina and wife Candyce; her sister Ouida and husband Mike Cormier; nephew Marshall and wife Cile; niece Michelle Cormier; great-niece Tommi Cormier; great-nephew Jacob Thrasher; great-niece Ariel Richard; Aunt Ann Sweat; cousins Pamela Tomberlin, Ben Alley, Nancy Manning, Jeannie Summerhill, Sherrie Waller and Debbie Tomberlin Jones; daughters-in-laws Laredo and Marla; bonus sons Johnny Mercer and Tim Cope; grandchildren Ryley, Cecilia, Cade, Todd, Alyssa, Patrica, Jacie, Wyatt, Silas, Samantha and Matt, Thomas and Kelsey and great-grandchildren Jacob Jr., Josiah, Adaline, Autumn, August and Hudson.
We would like to thank the many people who have helped us through the past 382 days and Walker Cancer and Interim Hospice. In lieu of flowers please donate in mom’s memory to: Inflammatory Breast Cancer Foundation, 1150 Atlantic Street, #16, Milford, Michigan 48381, EraseIBC.org.
Services entrusted to Brownwood Funeral Home. Online condolences may be made at www.brownwoodfuneralhome. net.