Syna Jean Vaughan, 38, of White Sulphur Springs, WV, passed away peacefully on Monday, December 21, 2015.
Syna was born April 25, 1977, in Clifton Forge, VA. She was the fourth child of six and the eldest daughter born to Tamra and Wayne Vaughan.
Raised in White Sulphur Springs, Syna moved to Charlotte, NC, shortly after graduating from Greenbrier East High School in June of 1995. Syna lived in Charlotte for over 17 years, returning to White Sulphur Springs in 2013.
Syna worked as a life guard, ski/snowboard instructor, waitress, retail manager, and shipping specialist until her greatest achievement of becoming a stay-at-home mother, making jewelry in her spare time.
Syna was preceded in death by her father, Ronald “Wayne” Vaughan; and grandparents, Ira and Doris Young and Donald and Gwendolyn Vaughan.
She is survived by her son, Charles Echo Carpenter; mother and stepfather, Tamra Vaughan Humphreys and Larry “Shultz” Humphreys; brothers and sister, Chavis Vaughan, Myron and Jennifer Vaughan, Ari Vaughan, Hank Vaughan and Amy Yates, and Barack Vaughan; nieces and nephews, Garrett, Ty, Isabell, Hunter, Rylan, Trac, Lilly, and Asher; stepsister, Meta Linkenhoker; and stepniece, Cheyenne Hamrick. She was loved deeply by and leaves behind her soul mate, Todd Youngblood.
Family will receive visitation from 12-2 PM on Saturday, January 2, 2016, at Rhema Christian Center, located in Fairlea, WV.
Funeral services will follow at 2 PM with Pastor Stewart Farley officiating. Burial will be immediately after the services at Mapledale Cemetery in White Sulphur Springs, where she will be laid to rest beside her father.
The services will be followed with a celebration of life dinner at the White Sulphur Springs Civic Center in the Ware Room for friends and family.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to her son, Echo, to Charles Echo Carpenter at First Citizens Bank, 1 E. Main Street, White Sulphur Springs, WV 24986.
Shanklin Funeral Home in White Sulphur Springs is serving the family.
Obituary originally published in the December 31, 2015, edition of The West Virginia Daily News.
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