Dora Fay Payne  1915 - 2002

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• Birth	30 Jan 1915	Alma, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Gender	Female
  Died	7 Mar 2002	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
  Buried	Duncan Cemetery, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Person ID	I5927	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	07 Dec 2009
  Father	Thomas Hamilton Payne, II,   b. 20 Mar 1893, Marlow, Indian Territory ,   d. 12 Dec 1957, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon
  Mother	Bessie Bird Gentry,   b. 14 Dec 1894, Alma, Stephens County, Indian Territory ,   d. 3 May 1958, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
  Married	27 Dec 1912	Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Family ID	F21	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Edward Roscoe Pierce,   b. 15 May 1909, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma ,   d. Abt 1951, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
  Married	27 Mar 1935	Jefferson County, Oklahoma
  	Jefferson Co. OK Marriages Book 12, Pg. 483 Pierce, Roscoe, 25, Duncan, Stephens Co. OK Payne, Faye, 20, Duncan, Stephens Co. OK March 27, 1935 (Courtesy of Lynell Cordell)
  Children	1. Living
  Last Modified	20 Aug 2009
  Family ID	F1095	Group Sheet
  Family 2	George Yeager,   b. Bef 1915,   d. 1977
  Married	Abt 1965
  Last Modified	09 Dec 2006
  Family ID	F1097	Group Sheet

• Event Map

  Event Birth - 30 Jan 1915 - Alma, Stephens County, Oklahoma Married - 27 Mar 1935 - Jefferson County, Oklahoma Died - 7 Mar 2002 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Buried - - Duncan Cemetery, Stephens County, Oklahoma  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth




• Photos		Payne, Dora Fay This photograph was taken of Fay as an infant
  		Payne, Anna Laura ca 1916 with her sister Dora Fay This picture of Fay (l) and Anna Laura (r) was taken when they were still toddlers
  		St. Elizabeth's Academy, Purcell, Oklahoma, Established 1888; Students PLEASE HELP US IDENTIFY the Unknown students in this picture Top Row: Appears to be one of the RICE sisters from Noble, Oklahoma Middle Row: Unknown, Bessie Gentry PAYNE (the mother of Lois and Fay PAYNE) Bottom Row: Lois Marie PAYNE, Fay PAYNE, UNKNOWN Please help us identify the unknown Students
  		St. Elizabeth's Academy, Purcell, Oklahoma, Established 1888; Payne and Rice sisters Top Row: Fay PAYNE, Anna Laura PAYNE, Jessie RICE Bottow Row: RICE Twin, Lois PAYNE, RICE Twin
  		St. Elizabeth's Academy, Purcell, Oklahoma, Established 1888; Students Fay Payne and Jessie Rice
  		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…
  		Gentry, Bessie Bird ca 1930 with her daughters This picture, of Bessie with her daughters, was probably taken around 1930. From left to right are Bessie Gentry Payne, Anna Laura Payne, Fay Payne, Lois Payne, and Patty Gay Payne.
  		_Payne, Dora Fay Wife of Roscoe Pierce B. 1915 Oklahoma D. 2002 Oklahoma
  		Payne, Dora Fay ca 1930 This glamorous photo of Fay Payne was probably taken around the time of her marriage to Roscoe Pierce.
  		Gentry, Bessie ca 1940, with son Thomas Hardrick Payne and daughter Fay Payne Pierce Bessie Payne went to visit her children in California in the 1940's. This photo was taken at Fay Pierce's home, 847 1/2 Pointsettia Place in Los Angeles.
  		Payne, Dora Fay ca 1940's Appears to have been taken in the 1940's either in California or Oklahoma
  		Payne, Dora Fay ca 1940's Appears to have been taken in the 1940's either in California or Oklahoma
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  		Payne, Fay and Roonie Fay (L) and Roonie(R) on a Cruise, circa 1990. The three Payne sisters remained close friends their entire lives, often travelling with each other.
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  Documents		St. Elizabeth's Academy, Established 1888, Purcell, Oklahoma Founded in February, 1888, one year before Oklahoma was opened to settlement and barely a year after Purcell was established as a junction point on the Santa Fe, St. Elizabeth is one of Oklahoma's most famous old schools. The spacious, roomy, two-storied frame building, set in a grassy plot with a peaceful background of slender poplars, elms and…

• Notes

  The Duncan Banner Mar 12, 2002 Dora Fay Pierce Yeager Dora Fay Pierce Yeager, 87, of Oklahoma City died Thursday, March 7, 2002, in Oklahoma City. Service was held at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Assumption Catholic Church in Duncan, with the Rev. Donald Wolf officiating. Burial was in the Duncan Cemetery under the direction of Don Grantham Funeral Home. Mrs. Yeager was born on Jan. 30, 1915 , in Duncan to Thomas H. and Bessie Gentry Payne. She married Edward R. Pierce, who preceded her in death in 1951. She then married George Yeager in 1965. He preceded her in death in 1977. She was a homemaker and also worked as a bookkeeper. She was a member of Assumption Catholic Church. She is survived by one daughter, Lynn Moroney of Oklahoma City; two sisters, Anna Laura Strong of Duncan and Lois Payne Hanna of Oklahoma City. She was preceded in death by a brother, Thomas H. Payne III; a sister, Patty Gay Payne; and her parents. Grandchildren include Siobhan Moroney of Highland Park, Ill.; and Tracy Moroney of Studio City, Calif. Great-grandchildren are Michael Moroney and Anne Green of Highland Park, Ill. She was preceded in death by a brother, Thomas H. Payne III; and a sister, Patty Gay Payne. (Transcription courtesy of Lynell Cordell). Avid genealogist, and gathered much of the information contained in these files.