Lavaughn Boston, 78, of Dunlap, Tennessee, passed away on 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 on Monday, March 27, at 1 p.m. CDT in the funeral home chapel with Brother Dennis Boston, Pastor Tommy Shoemate and Chaplain Pelham Shoemate officiating.
Burial will be in 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 on Sunday, from 2-8 p.m. CDT.