On Friday, January 23, 2026, one day before the expected “snowmageddon” was scheduled to hit Tennessee, Greg Vaughan of Vaughan Oil Company held his annual Hardeman County Kerosene Heating Assistance Program, which gives five-gallon pails of kerosene to qualified families in the county. The program was created to help families with their heating needs during the winter season. This is the tenth year Mr. Vaughan has held the program and is happy it has benefited so many families.
“We’re giving out kerosene this year. This is the tenth year for doing it and we’re giving it out to help the community some with the super cold weather that’s coming through. [It’s] something that we can do just to help the community. We have been doing it for years and like I said it’s a community that we love and it allows us to minister back to the people that have meant so much to us.,” said Mr. Vaughan.
Greg Vaughan shares why he created the Hardeman County Kerosene Heating Assistance Program.
The Kerosene Heating Assistance Program is fully funded by Vaughan Oil Company. Mr. Vaughan works closely with the county and the city, which helps with the vetting process to ensure those receiving the kerosene are truly in need.
“It’s not going to cure your entire winter season of warming, but it will help knock the super cold down, and that’s kind of what we’re hoping to achieve,” said Mr. Vaughan, who believes he has given away around 300 to 350 buckets of kerosene since the inception of the program.
Vaughan Oil Company has been in Hardeman County since 1982 when Greg’s father, Joseph, started the business. Greg purchased the business from his father in 1990.
“This is what I’ve been doing for the last 30 something years. I was born [here and] grew up here. We’re from Hardeman County,” said Greg, who shared the only time he left the area was to attend and graduate from college in Memphis. “Brought a wife from California and now we have raised all of our kids here as well. This is home to us. We love the people of Hardeman County, and we love being able to be a part of Hardeman County.”
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