Joseph Ray "Jodie" Payne, Jr.

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Kept horses and raised pure bred beef stock. Lived at the edge of Marlow, Oklahoma.

On 7 June 1991, an "Order Approving the Final Account, Determining Heirship and Distributing Estate" was executed in the District Court within and for Stephens County, State of Oklahoma." It was noted that he died testate on the 1st day of February, 1990 while an actual bona fide resident of Marlow, Oklahoma and that on the date of his death he left to survive him as his sole and only heirs at law the following named persons, and none other, to-wit:

Billie Burrow Payne, surviving spouse Mary G. Wade, sister William T. Payne, brother Philip Dale Vanscoy, nephew Virginia Elizabeth Vansoy, great niece Joseph E. Vanscoy, Jr., great nephew Phyllis Dale Vanscoy, great niece

That said decedent left to survive him no children or adopted children, no issue of any predeceased children...

Joseph Ray (Jodie) Payne Jr.

Duncan Banner Fri. February 2, 1990 Pg. 3a Transcribed by C. R. Strong 11-29-2003

MARLOW - Lifetime Marlow resident Joseph Ray Payne Jr., 77, died Thursday, Feb, 1, 1990, in an Oklahoma City hospital.
Service will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the First United Methodist Church of Marlow with the Rev. Charles Nordean officiating. Burial will be at Mar-low Cemetery under the direction of the Callaway-Smith-Cobb Funeral Home.
Mr. Payne was born April 10,1912, in Marlow. He graduated from Marlow High School and Oklahoma A&M. A rancher and farmer, he was a veteran of World War II, serving with the U.S Navy, and was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Marlow. He married Billie Burrow on April 5, 1943, in Lindsay.
Survivors include his wife of the home near Marlow; a brother, W.T. "Bill" Payne of Fort Worth, Texas; a sister, Marylyn Wade of Marlow; and three cousins, Robert T. Lyle of Duncan and Mary Lou Mahaffey and Charles McKinney, both of Marlow.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Marlow First United Methodist Church memorial fund or the American Cancer Society.

NOTE Headstone in Marlow Cemetery, Sect E Blk 59 (Lot 2), states b. 4-10-1912 d. 2-1-1990

Joseph married Billie Stinson Burrow on 5 Apr 1943 in Lindsay, Garvin County, Oklahoma. Billie was born on 4 Jun 1913 in Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma; died on 25 Dec 2002 in Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]