Lavaughn Boston

DUNLAP — Lavaughn Boston, 78, passed away Friday night, March 24, 2017, at his home. He was a lifetime member of Little Hopewell Baptist Church and he owned and operated the Dunlap Drive-In Theatre for 44 years. He was preceded in death by his parents, Virgil and Mamie Ownsby Boston; brother, Loyd Boston; daughter, Mary Angela Boston Feagans. He is survived by his wife, Mary Shoemate Boston; daughter, Charlotte (Keith) Johnson, Dunlap; two sons, Doug (Joyce) Boston, Maryville, and David (Shannon) Boston, Dunlap; grandchildren, DJ (Ashley) Boston, Brandon Boston, Keith "Chuck" (Destiny) Johnson Jr., Kelsey LeeVona Johnson, Annika Boston; great-grandchildren, Teaunna, Tayven, and River Boston, Parker and Payslee Johnson; five sisters, Christine (Jack) Smith, Ringgold, Ga., Peggy Hobbs, Barbara (Don) Hargis, Wanda Littrel, and Phyllis (Douglas) Cribbs, all of Dunlap; three brothers, Wiley (Ann) Boston, Jerry (Joyce) Boston, and Wendell (Darlene) Boston, all of Dunlap; special friends, Darlene (Danny) Hendon, Care All Home Care and Amedysis Hospice Care, Little Hopewell Baptist Church, the multitudes of family, friends, and supporters of the Dunlap Drive-In Theatre; pallbearers, Tim Boston, Mike Smith, JD Cribbs, Jim Black, Bruce Feagans, Danny Boston, and Thomas Cribbs. Funeral services will be held Monday at 1 p.m. CDT in the funeral home chapel with Bro. Dennis Boston, Pastor Tommy Shoemate and Chaplin Pelham Shoemate officiating. Burial: Hixson Cemetery. Online condolences can be made at www.reedfamilyfh.com Arrangements by Standefer-Reed Funeral Home, 50 May Road, Dunlap. The family will receive friends today 2 to 8 p.m. CDT.