HAYWOOD, PATRICIA ANN VAUGHAN (1939 ~ 2010). The following is an obituary for Patricia Haywood, spouse of former Texas Senator Charles Thomas "Tom" Haywood. The obituary was published in the November 10, 2010 edition of the Wichita Falls Times Record News.
Patricia Ann Vaughan Haywood (Pat) died on Nov. 9, 2010, following a courageous battle with cancer. Services will be on Thursday, Nov. 11 at 1 p.m. at First United Methodist Church. Arrangements are under the direction of Lunn’s Colonial Funeral Home.
Pat was the wife of former State Senator Tom Haywood who died in 2001. Born on Sept. 11, 1939, to the late Frank and Alice Vaughan in Dallas, she grew up in Dallas and attended public schools, graduating from W. H. Adamson High School – where she met her future husband Tom. They married following high school in 1959. As a young mother, Pat returned to college and earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees – summa cum laude - from Midwestern State University.
After 10 years as a bilingual/ESL kindergarten teacher at Fannin and Huey Elementary Schools, Pat became a principal at Alamo Elementary in Wichita Falls ISD. She also served as Bilingual/ESL Director for WFISD. She retired in May of 2000 after 22 years in public education. She supported her husband Tom in his political career a Texas State Senator and traveled extensively across Senate District 30. In May of 2001, she lost her only son; two months later she lost her husband. True to her character, Pat continued her involvement with children and her community. She served as a member of the MSU Board of Regents from 2002 – 2008, and as President of the MSU Alumni Association from 2000-2002. She was active in Altrusa International, Delta Kappa Gamma, P.E.O. Chapter BE, Wichita Falls Symphony League and Wichita Falls Area Association of Retired Teachers. She had been a member of First United Methodist Church for 40 years, where she sang in the Chancel Choir. She also volunteered at the Interfaith Ministries, Inc. and at the Community Healthcare Foundation where you could find her on any given Monday reading books to children in the waiting room.
Pat is survived by her three daughters, three sons-in-law and ten grandchildren; Alisa Green and husband Jeff, and children Jeff, Johna, Jacob and Jordan; Denise Haywood and husband John Schalk and daughter Gigi; Jamie Ratliff and husband Jim and children Mary Pat, Will, Lily and Tate; and granddaughter Kelsi Saenz, the daughter of her late son, Tommy Haywood. She is also survived by her sister Virginia Wiley and husband James, brother Frank Vaughan and wife Sue, and brother-in-law Richard Haywood, along with many loved nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband Tom Haywood in July 2001, her son Tommy Haywood in May 2001, and her sisters Geraldine Spohn and Mary Alice Williams.
The family requests memorials to be made to the First United Methodist Church Capital Campaign Fund or the charity of your choice.
Further information is available through the Texas State Cemetery research department.
