Lois Macel Reed

Notes:

Possibly part native American.

The Duncan Banner 10/26/04

Lois M. Payne

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. ? Former area resident Lois M. Payne, 88, of Jefferson City, Mo., died Sunday, Oct. 17, 2004, in Jefferson City. Funeral was Oct. 22, 2004, in Becker Funeral Home Memorial Chapel in Lawton with the Rev. Chuck Pettigrew officiating. Burial was in Post Cemetery in Fort Sill.

Lois was born Jan. 30, 1916, in Gage to James A. and Clora M. Southard Reed. She married Chadwick Claude Payne on Dec. 24, 1935, in Duncan. He preceded her in death on Dec. 3, 1955.

Mrs. Payne graduated from Comanche High School. She was retired from civil service.

Survivors include a son, Chad Payne, of Duncan; a daughter, Rosemary Merriman of Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; four grandchildren: Chad Merriman, David Merriman, Scott Payne and Rick Payne; several great-grandchildren; and a sister, Muryl Ross of Mustang.

Sympathy cards may be sent to the family online at www.beckerfuneral.com.

(Courtesy of Lynell Cordell)

Lois married Claude Chadwick Payne on 24 Dec 1935 in Comanche County, Oklahoma. Claude (son of Marvin Walter Payne and Grace Ellen Gentry) was born on 18 Feb 1908 in Stephens County, Oklahoma; died on 3 Dec 1955 in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma; was buried in Fort Sill, Comanche County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Maj. Claude Chadwick Payne, Jr. was born on 14 Feb 1937 in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma; died on 9 Feb 2008 in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma; was buried in Fort Sill Post Cemetery, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma.
2. Living