Family: Thomas Hamilton Payne, II / Bessie Bird Gentry (F21)

• Father | Male Thomas Hamilton Payne, II

  
  

  Born	20 Mar 1893	Marlow, Indian Territory
  Died	12 Dec 1957	Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon
  Buried		Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon
  Married	27 Dec 1912	Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Father	Thomas Bunker Payne | F3055 Group Sheet
  Mother	Mary T. "Mollie" Hardwick | F3055 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Bessie Bird Gentry

  
  

  Born	14 Dec 1894	Alma, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
  Died	3 May 1958	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
  Buried		Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Father	James Edwin Gentry | F1081 Group Sheet
  Mother	Elzada Trawick | F1081 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Anna Laura Payne

  
  

  Born	23 Oct 1913	Arthur, Parks Township, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Christened	23 Dec 1922	Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Died	15 Sep 2004	Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Buried	18 Sep 2004	Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Spouse	Homer Richard Strong | F9
  Married	23 Feb 1932	Waurika, Jefferson County, Oklahoma

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Dora Fay Payne

  
  

  Born	30 Jan 1915	Alma, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Died	7 Mar 2002	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
  Buried		Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Spouse	Edward Roscoe Pierce | F1095
  Married	27 Mar 1935	Jefferson County, Oklahoma
  Spouse	George Yeager | F1097
  Married	Abt 1965

  
  

  Child 3 | Male Thomas Hardrick Payne

  
  

  Born	17 Jan 1917	Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Died	12 Apr 1997	Shasta County, California
  Buried
  Spouse	Living | F1076
  Married
  Spouse	Living | F1077
  Married

  
  

  Child 4 | Female Lois Marie Payne

  
  

  Born	10 Feb 1920	Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Died	20 Nov 2013	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
  Buried
  Spouse	James Cullen Hanna | F1078
  Married	22 Nov 1951	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

  
  

  Child 5 | Female Patricia Gabriela "Patty Gay" Payne

  
  

  Born	8 Feb 1928	Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
  Died	2 Mar 1936	Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Buried	4 Mar 1936	Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Vol. 3, Stephens County Marriage Book: , Lic. # 101 Thomas H. Payne, 19 to Bessie Gentry, 18 married 12-27-1912 Because of his outgoing nature, it must have come as a surprise to some when Tom Payne and Bessie Gentry were married a few weeks after her 18th birthday. Bessie was timid and shy by nature, and much happier in town than in the outdoors. They had five children in fairly short order, and times were tough in Oklahoma during the dust bowl. Charles Strong, Bessie's oldest grandson, also remembers that Bessie had very high standards, which her husband found hard to live up to. She was a thorough and dedicated housekeeper, and was almost obsessive about things being neat and tidy at all times. Charles recalled a story one of Bessie's brothers related to him about dropping by one afternoon for a visit. Bessie had just mopped, and refused to let him in, not wanting her immaculate floors stepped on.