Vera Payne

Notes:

Vol. 6, Stephens County Marriage Book:, Lic. # 642
Vera Payne to Clifford Roberts ? No date, Cancelled ?? Presumably married elsewhere in the years 1921/1922.

Vera P(ayne). Young Rites Tuesday

Duncan Banner Monday, March 26, 1962, Pg. 10 Transcribed by C. R. Strong 11-29-2003

Last rites for Vera Payne Young, a former Duncan area resident who died Friday in Roswell, NM., will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday in Brooks Funeral Chapel. Mrs. Young, a native of the Duncan area, was born on the Payne ranch east of Duncan Aug. 12, 1901. She moved to Roswell eight months ago. Mrs. Young was a member of the First Christian Church here and the widow of John Young, who died here in 1959. Young formerly operated Young's Grocery, east of Duncan. Survivors include a son Clifford Payne Roberts, Lovington, N.M.; and two sisters, Mrs. (Virginia Payne) Hoyt Hardin, Duncan route 4, and Mrs. Louise Birnie, Roswell. Also surviving are two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Roy Harp, retired First Christian pastor, will officiate assisted by Rev. Bill Masters, pastor. Burial will be by Brooks Funeral Home in Marlow Cemetery.
NOTE Headstone in Marlow Cemetery, Sect 10 Blk 9 (Lot 1), states b. 8-12-1901 d. 3-23-1962

Vera married Clifford R. "Boscoe" Roberts about 1921. Clifford was born about 1902 in Oklahoma; died about 1935. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Vera married John Clay Young about 1937 in New Mexico. John was born on 17 Aug 1900 in New Mexico; died on 4 Oct 1959; was buried in Marlow Cemetery, Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]