Willie Lee "Billy" Payne

1924 - 2011  (86 years)

• Name	Willie Lee "Billy" Payne  [1]
  Nickname	Billy
  Birth	20 Dec 1924	Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 Aug 2011	Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Notes	Military discharge of a Willie Lee Payne is recorded in Stephens County Courthouse Book 6, page 509. Not viewed. Willie Lee "Bill" Payne, 86 of Duncan, Okla., died on Wednesday, August 3, 2011, at Duncan Regional Hospital in Duncan. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, August 6th at Don Grantham Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Randy Southerland officiating. Interment will follow at Resthaven Memorial Gardens. The family requests that friends visit them at the funeral home Friday from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. (not at the home) Born Saturday, December 20, 1924 in Duncan, he was the son of Harry Carl and Caroline "Carrie" (Cover) Payne. He married Betty Jo Wilson on August 19, 1948 at Wichita Falls, Texas. She preceded him in death on Nov. 30, 1996. He was a veteran of World War II and a Pearl Harbor survivor, serving in the United States Marine Corps. As a lifetime farmer and rancher, he was a member of the Cattleman's Association, Stephens County Alfalfa Hay Growers Association, American Legion and The Pearl Harbor Survivors Association. Surviving family includes daughter, Lee Johnson and David Senger of Katy, Texas, a grandson, Specialist Chris Johnson of Monterey, Calif., brother-in-law, Earl Wilson of Loco, Okla., sisters-in-law and spouses, Loretta and Kenneth McCalmant, Helen and Charles Allen, Dorothy Wilson and Opal Wilson all of Duncan and numerous nieces and nephews. He was also preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Junior Payne and Paul Payne. Pallbearers will be: Bill Bunn, Lyndel Strain, David Hale, Jerry Allen, Butch Allen, Larry McCalmant. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the: Taylor LeNorman/McCasland Cancer Center of Duncan, c/o Cancer Center Fund, 3401 West Gore Blvd., Lawton, Oklahoma 73505
  Person ID	I5767	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Harry Carl Payne,   b. 4 Feb 1898, Stephens County, Indian Territory d. 19 Feb 1957, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Caroline "Carrie" Suzanne Cover,   b. 21 Jan 1902, Seneca, Nemaha County, Kansas d. 25 Feb 1984, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	4 Aug 1920	Stephens County, Oklahoma
  	Vol. 6, Stephens County Marriage Book:, Lic. # 112 Harry C. (Carl) Payne to Carrie Cover on 8-4-1920 He was described as of Cruce, Oklahoma
  Family ID	F2885	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Betty Jo Wilson,   b. 22 Feb 1929   d. 30 Nov 1996, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	19 Aug 1948	Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F2997	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2011

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 20 Dec 1924 - Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma Marriage - 19 Aug 1948 - Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas Death - 3 Aug 2011 - Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Payne Brothers, Carl, Willie and Paul James ca 1930's Carl, Bill and Paul were all sons of Caroline Cover and her husband, Harry Carl Payne
  		PAYNE FAMILY REUNION - 1927 Home of Aunt Annie (O'Neill) Sparks - 303 Hickory, Duncan, Oklahoma This 1927 Payne Reunion photo is of 41 people. On September 21-23, 1999, Charles R. Strong along with his mother, Anna Laura "Rooney" (Payne) Strong and two aunts ? Dora Fay (Payne) Pierce-Yeager and Lois Marie (Payne) Hanna reviewed the picture. The late Lewis Adair Payne had already prepared his own list identifying all persons. Both list had errors. Mary Gwendolyn ?Marilynn? (Payne) Wade of Marlow later helped Charles Strong reconcile the two lists and correct some errors. One reason for differences in the two lists was due to the existence of two pictures, which were almost, but not exactly, identical. This photo slightly differs from Aunt Annie?s version. . NOTE-The list below is numbered left to right - top to bottom. The first number is sequential in total, and the second number is position within the row. TOP ROW 1 1 Paul Puckett, Boy living with Hattie (Brown) Payne. 2 2 Mabel Lyles 3 3 Baby is Mary Gwendolyn ?Marilynn? (Payne) Wade. 4 4 Joseph Ray ?Jodey? Payne Jr. 5 5 Virginia (Payne) Hardin - d. of Walter W., # 22 below 6 6 Vera (Payne) Roberts-Young, -d. of Walter W. #22 and mother of #30 below 7 7 Mary Ethyl (Payne) Benton-Madison-Parker. d. of W. W. # 22 8 8 Claude Chadwick Payne 9 9 Ruth Hazel Witherspoon-d. of Mable (Gentry) Witherspoon, d. of John Price Gentry. 10 10 Florence Scott d. of # 23 Lou Payne Scott & niece of W.W. Payne 11 11 Marvin Walter Payne Sr. Father of #'s 8, 28, 37, & 38 12 12 Gracie (Gentry) Payne Wife of # 11 Marvin W. Payne 13 13 Rene Gentry - s. of Frank Melton and Ada (Jones) Gentry, and nephew of Gracie #12 14 14 Edna (Surginer) Payne, First wife of John Earl (Dukie) Payne 15 15 John Earl, (Dukie) Payne 16 16 Caroline "Carrie" (Cover) Payne 17 17 Harry Carl Payne,Sr. MIDDLE ROW 18 1 William "Billy" West - Grandson of # 23, Louise (Payne) Scott 19 2 Joseph Ray Payne, s. of Wm. Henry H. Payne 20 3 C. Frank Payne, Brother to # 11, Marvin W. Payne Sr. 21 4 Annie (O'Neill) Sparks, Wife of #26 22 5 Walter Winkle Payne 23 6 Louise "Lula" (Payne) Scott 24 7 Hattie (Brown) Payne 25 8 Orville Scott 26 9 James Rufus Sparks f. of # 33, Mary Pat (Sparks) Kubic BOTTOM ROW 27 1 Anna Laura "Rooney" (Payne) Strong 28 2 Mary Olive (Payne) Thompson 29 3 Mary Ethyl (Benton) Jones 30 4 Clifford "Bosco" Roberts 31 5 Virginia Payne, sister to # 4 above, and d. of Joseph R. & g.d. Wm. H. H. Payne ? 32 6 Dora Fay (Payne) Pierce - Yeager 33 7 Mary Pat (Sparks) Kubik 34 8 Francis Hardin, d. of Virginia Payne Hardin, # 5 above, (in lap of Mary Pat) 35 9 Thelma (Gentry) Callaway - d. of Edgar J. Gentry & g.d. of Wm. M. Gentry 36 10 Lois Marie (Payne) Hanna 37 11 Lewis Adair Payne 38 12 Marvin Walter "Snort" Payne Jr. in Lewis' lap. 39 13 Willie Lee "Billy" Payne ? 40 14 Paul James Payne 41 15 Jean Bruce (Benton) Turner

  
  

• Sources

  [S124] Harvey, Kenneth C--Family Member; Gedcom, Printed Descendants Reports of Payne and Gentry Families, Correspondence.