Obituaries: Carrie Cook Payne, 1937, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: June 24 & July 8, 1937 Winn Parish Enterprise

Last Rites For Mrs. C. Payne Are Held At Dodson

Interment Was Made At New Hope Cemetery Sunday

Mrs. Carrie Payne, 52 years, 2 months, and 24 days of age, a member of a
highly esteemed Dodson family, died Saturday afternoon after a lingering
illness.

Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at the M. P. Church with Rev.
James Horton, Shreveport, assisted by Rev. I. A. Patton, of Monroe, in charge. 
Interment was in the New Hope Cemetery.

Active pallbearers were A. L. Mixon, J. G. Smith, Thomas Ware, Averett
Stewart, Lacy Hemperley, Earl Ham.

Surviving Mrs. Payne are five children, Mrs. L. L. Stewart, Dodson, Mrs.
Clarence Blackman, Wisner, Mrs. Arville Richardson, Rhinehart, Roy Payne,
Shreveport, Edwin Payne, Ruston, three brothers, Walter Cook, Columbia, Pat
Cook, Franklin Parish, and S. Cook, Mississippi.

A native of Mississippi, Mrs. Payne came to Winn Parish at the early age of 10
years.  She was Miss Carrie Cook before her marriage to Edwin E. Payne on
October 15, 1906.  Her husband preceded her in death.

Mrs. Payne was a devout member of the Methodist Protestant Church and early in
life joined the Christian ranks and ever lived a consecrated life.
 

From: July 8, 1937 Winn Parish Enterprise

Last Rites Held For Mrs. Carrie Cook Payne

Mrs. Carrie Cook Payne, age 52 years, 2 months, and 19 days, member of a well
known Dodson and Winn Parish family, died at her home June 19 after a
lingering illness.

Mrs. Payne was born in Adams County, Miss., and came to Winn Parish at the age
of 11 years.  She was married to Edwin E. Payne on December 15, 1907.  She was
a member of the Methodist Protestant Church with which she affiliated at an
early age, remaining a devout Christian to the end.

Funeral services were held on Sunday afternoon at the M. P. Church with the
Rev. James Horton of Shreveport and the Rev. I. A. Patten of Monroe, 
officiating.  Interment was made in the New Hope Cemetery.  Pallbearers were
A. L. Mixon, J. G. Smith, Thomas Ware, Lacey Hemperley, and Earl Hamm.

Surviving Mrs. Payne are five children: Mrs. L. L. Stewart, Dodson, Mrs. J. C.
Blackman, Wisner, Roy Payne, Shreveport, Mrs. O. F. Richardson, Rhinehart, and
Edwin Payne; also her stepmother, six brothers, and two sisters survive.

Out of Town relatives attending the funeral were: C. C. Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Cook, Oak Grove; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cook, Columbia; William Cook, Morton,
Miss.; G. S. Richardson, Rhinehart, La.; Mrs. Blanchard Bass and daughter,
Jonesville; Mr. and Mrs. Ezell Taylor, Jena; Mr. and Mrs. James Blackman, Mrs.
K. G. Dampier, Billy Dampier, Mrs. Gladys Stampley and children, Wisner; Mrs.
Chas. Strong, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hamm, Monroe; J. O. Payne and Miss Effie
Black, Tullos; Mrs. I. B. Cole, Winnfield; and Mrs. J. B. Milam, Jr., Ruston.