Radie Marcelle Zimmerman, daughter of the late Riley Thompson Vaughn and Della Elizabeth Wilson Vaughn was born in Senath, Missouri on March 22, 1919 and departed this life in Malden Nursing Center in Malden, Missouri on November 13, 2016 at the age of 97.

Mrs. Zimmerman was a homemaker and was a member of Bernie Nazarene Church.

She was united in marriage to Howard Houston Zimmerman in Bernie, Missouri on July 13, 1935. Mr. Zimmerman preceded his wife in death on September 20, 2006.

Survivors include two sons, Howard Wayne Zimmerman and Barry Lee Zimmerman both of Bernie, Missouri; by one daughter, Brenda Kay Beaird of Bernie, Missouri; by two brothers, Travis Jermone Vaugh of Atmore, Alabama and Carlos Dale Sanders of St. Louis, Missouri; by one sister, Reba Myers of Kansas City, Missouri; by eight grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, four great-great-grandchildren and several step grandchildren and step great-grandchildren. Also by other relatives and friends.

Besides her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by one daughter, Betty Jean Zimmerman Cooper; by three brothers, Winston Ebbert Vaughn, Thelmer Vaughn and Auburn Vaughn and by three sisters, Eunice Colvin, Gladys Oakley and Ruth Vaughn at 2 years of age.

Friends may call at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie on Saturday, November 19, 2016 from 12:00 Noon until 2:00 P.M.

Funeral services will then be conducted at 2:00 P.M. in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel with Rev. Robert Hamm officiating.

Interment will follow in the Bernie Cemetery. Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in charge of all arrangements.