Essie Neill Carter Cain Vaughn age 75 of Fayetteville, North Carolina was born on July 7, 1950, to the late Golden Leslie Carter and the late Lucille Groves Carter in Robeson County, North Carolina. She departed this life on October 30, 2025, at her residence. Along with her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Bruce K. Vaughn Jr., her daughter, Tonis Bullard, maternal grandparents, Gold Carter and Thelma Smith Carter, two brothers, Clester Carter and Eartle B. Carter.

Essie leaves to cherish her memories two sons: Tom Cain (Monalyn) of Hope Mills, North Carolina, Timothy Cain (Elizabeth) of Leland, North Carolina, two brothers: Dorsey Carter of Red Springs, North Carolina, Leslie Gene Carter of Fayetteville, North Carolina, mother of Cecil and Carter: Whitney Bullard, ten grandchildren: Danny (Angela), Travis, Vanceston "Turtle" (Savannah), Titus (Kendle), TJ, Kohl, Jackson, Joshua. Serena, Logan, seven great grandchildren: Kennedy, Damian, Rowan, Cecil, Carter, Axle, Delia, along with a host of other relatives and friends.