 Matthew Isaiah Vaughn has been accepted at the R. H. Rollings Middle School of Performing Arts
in Summerville, SC.
Calhouners who know the young man's Calhoun musical roots, will understand his inclination.
Vaughan descends from some of the county's finest musicians, including Lester and Linda McCumbers of Nicut. They are his great-great grandparents.
R. H. Rollings School of the Arts offers students an opportunity to study one of
seven core art areas in depth.
Students must apply with a teacher recommendation, and complete an audition
to be considered for admission.
In addition to the usual middle school curriculum, Matthew's core study will be in
the string instruments area.
His spare time activities include basketball, skateboarding, video games, and
picking on his little sister
Mara-Grace Vaughn. He attends New Life Baptist Church in Jedburg, where he is
President of his Sunday School
Class, and sings in the choir.
Mathew is the son of David and Andrea Bowers Vaughn of Summerville, SC, and
the grandson of Richard and Pam
Wines of Arnoldsburg, Susan and Charley Finkbeiner of Summerville, SC, Mike and
Carolyn Bowers of
Burlington,NC, and Roger Fountaine of Spencer.
Great-grandparents are Jim and Jerry Stotts of Spencer, Wetzel and Bea Putnam
of Arnoldsburg, and Jean
Bowers of Spencer.
Great-Great-grandparents are Lester and Linda McCumbers of Nicut, and Vennie
Clark of Rosedale.
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