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Sylvia Jeannette Payne

Sylvia Jeannette Payne

Female 1906 - 1991  (85 years)

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  • Name Sylvia Jeannette Payne  [1
    Birth 14 May 1906  Sunset, Montague County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 8 Jun 1991  Bowie, Montague County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial 11 Jun 1991  Davidson Cemetery, Davidson, Tillman County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • Email from Rick Payne [rapayne@frii.com] to Charles Strong (cstrong832@aol.com) on 10/17/2002:

      BIOGRAPHICAL TEXT: I was told that Sylvia Couch worked as a telephone operator in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma before and for a little while after she married. She was a strong Christian woman and taught sunday school at church most of her adult life. She was Southern Baptist. She was a farmer/rancher's wife. From 1921 to 1948-49 her father Aubrey Payne lived with her. She never had any children because she and Woodrow were cousins. When she died, she left everything she had to her nieces and nephews. She was a good a decent woman with no real vices. James Avery Couch gave Woodrow & Sylvia the 1/2 acre in Donna, Texas when he and Sylvia were married. It was a real small house. Then after Woodrow and Sylvia went back to Davidson, Oklahoma circa 1932. Sylvia moved to the Couch Farm once owned by her father-in-law. In March James Avery Couch, Woodrow's father died and left him the family farm. In September of 1934 he had to sell the place to pay off debt. They moved back to Hidalgo County. Sylvia and Woodrow had to sell the Couch Family farm in Davidson Oklahoma to pay off bills, so they rented a farm in south Texas in the Rio Grande Valley in the general area of Edinburg and Donna, they would live here until 1939. Near the end of 1939 or very early 1940, Sylvia and her husband Woodrow Wilson Couch moved to a farm in Bailey County Texas, near the city of Muleshoe, in West Texas. Life was very good for them here. They stayed in this area 25 years. In 1952 Woodrow Wilson Couch was elected as a Bailey County Commissioner. They left the county in 1965, going to Clairette, Erath County, Texas. Woodrow was in the Democratic Party when he was a County Commissioner. Clairette, on State Highway 6 some fifteen miles southeast of Stephenville in southeastern Erath County, was established when the Texas Central Railroad was constructed through the area in the early 1880s. The community was named for a popular brand of soap. In 1940 it had 275 residents, five businesses, several churches, and a post office. Changes in agriculture and transportation patterns subsequently reduced the town's prosperity. From 1968 until 1990 its population was estimated at fifty-five. The 1984 county highway map showed a church, a community hall, and three businesses at Clairette. It is due south of Fort Worth. It was here that Sylvia and Woodrow purchased a ranch in 1965. She resided in Sunset, Montague County, Texas 1966. She died in the hospital: Bowie Memorial Hospital of Acute Myocardial Infarction according to Dr. H.Lorain Evans, M.D. Like so many others in our family she is buried in Davidson, Oklahoma at the Davidson cemetery, her funeral was handled by: Burgess-Fry Funeral Home of 201 West Walnut Street in Bowie, Texas. June 11, 1991. She was 85 years old. She was a grand lady and a good person. You would have liked her.
    Person ID I6237  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Aubrey Hamilton Payne,   b. 28 Mar 1877, Shelby County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Nov 1954, Eureka Springs, Carroll County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Sarah Jane Williams,   b. 22 Mar 1881, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1964, Eureka Springs, Carroll County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1904  [1
    Family ID F1085  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Woodrow Wilson Couch,   b. 9 Aug 1910, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Sep 1972, Bowie, Montague County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Marriage 18 May 1928  Donna, Hidalgo County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F3160  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 14 May 1906 - Sunset, Montague County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 18 May 1928 - Donna, Hidalgo County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 8 Jun 1991 - Bowie, Montague County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 11 Jun 1991 - Davidson Cemetery, Davidson, Tillman County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
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    Payne, Sylvia
    Payne, Sylvia
    Wife of Woodrow Wilson Couch
    B. 1906 Texas D. 1991 Texas.
    Sylvia Payne Couch was a devout Christian woman who taught Sunday School at the Southern Baptist church most of her adult life. She and her husband farmed and ranched in various parts of Texas.

  • Sources 
    1. [S137] Hudson, Sylvia Payne--Family Researcher (chudson@marktwain.net) 7894 Shelby 156 Bethel MO 63434.

    2. [S276] Payne, Rick--Family Researcher [rapayne@frii.com].