John Earl "Dukey" Payne

1905 - 1953  (48 years)

• Name	John Earl "Dukey" Payne
  Nickname	Dukey
  Birth	3 Jan 1905	Stephens County, Indian Territory
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Jun 1953	Oklahoma   [1]
  Burial	Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Notes	Known as Dukey. Ken Harvey reports that his mother died when he was only two years old and he was raised by some black servants for a couple of years. Someone else in the family later took him in. Duncan Banner Friday, June 5, 1953 Death Comes to J. E. Payne John Earl Payne, 49, longtime Stephens county farmer-stockman, died in his automobile early this morning while returning from Oklahoma City. Payne complained to his wife of being too tired to drive as they came through Marlow and she relieved him at the wheel. Death, which followed shortly, about 1:30 a.m. was attributed to a heart attack. Payne, who was born January 3, 1904, in Duncan, lived at his ranch 14 miles east of Duncan. Survivors are the widow, Gladys; a daughter, Mrs. Virginia Strain of Duncan route 4, and a son, Tommy, 10, of the home address. Other survivors are a brother, Carl of route 4, and three sisters, Mrs. Virginia Harden of Duncan route 4 and Mrs. Vera Young and Mrs. Louise Birnie, both of Roswell, N.M. The service will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the West Side Church of Christ with Orrin Otley, minister, officiating. Burial will be in the Duncan Cemetery under the direction of Grantham Funeral Home. (Courtesy of Lynell Gentry Cordell) (Research):1930 census Stephens Co. OK ED 9 - pg 272B - sheet 10B - Hope Twp. 189/191 Surginer, Isaac M., MW 40 M, age when first married-20, TX MO MO Surginer, Lilly M., FW 39 M, age when first married-19, OK US TX 189/192 Payne, John, MW 25 M, age when first married 21 OK MO TX Payne, Edna, FW 20 M, age when first married 16 OK TX OK Payne, John W., son, MW 11/2 OK OK OK
  Person ID	I5529	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Walter Winkle Payne,   b. Mar 1867, Shelby County, Missouri d. 26 Mar 1929, Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Permelia Gertrude Gentry,   b. Aug 1876, Texas d. 11 Sep 1906, Stephens County, Oklahoma (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1894	Stephens County, Indian Territory
  Headstones		Payne, Walter and Permelia (Gentry)
  Family ID	F1052	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Edna Surginer,   b. Abt 1910
  Marriage	24 Apr 1926	Oklahoma
  	Married by J.O. Kelly. The bride and groom were shown from Cruce, Oklahoma. Vol. 9, Stephens County Marriage Book:, Lic. # 496 J.E. (James Earl-"Dukie") Payne, 21 of Cruce Oklahoma to Edna Surginer, 18 (sic) of Cruce OK On. 4-24-1926 Vol. 7, Stephens County Marriage Book:, Lic. # 641 Cleo Mitchell of Alma Oklahoma to Fred Surginer 8-3-1923. NOTE, This is person confused with Dukie Payne and his first wife. Rooney Strong and Fay Payne thought she was first wife of Dukie Payne. Cleo and her children lived across the street from Homer and Rooney strong during World War II. Charles Strong dated Earline Surginer some in high school.
  Children	1. John W. Payne,   b. 21 Feb 1929, Payne Ranch, Stephens County, Oklahoma d. 23 Apr 1995, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F2890	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

  Family 2	Gladys Powell,   b. 22 Mar 1906, Stephens County, Oklahoma d. 19 Jan 1995, Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	13 Oct 1931	Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F2860	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map		Marriage - 24 Apr 1926 - Oklahoma Marriage - 13 Oct 1931 - Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma Death - 5 Jun 1953 - Oklahoma Burial - - Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  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

  
  

  Headstones

  Payne, J.E. "Dukey" and wife Gladys (Powell) Gladys Powell was remarried after the death of her first husband, Dukey Payne. Therefore the name Diefenbaker was engraved on the headstone as well.

  
  

• Sources

  [S315] Rainey, Juanita (sparklestree@aol.com) "Juanita's Family Tree" Ver. Jun 23 22:39:06 2003; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=gentry536.