Obit of Payne, Henry C. - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 21 Aug 2005 Return to Roger Mills County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Surnames: Payne, Robertson, Maddux, Alcorn Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6238 Henry C. Payne was born near Agency, Missouri August 25, 1879. He lived with his parents near Agency until he was a lad of 12 years of age. The family then moved to Indian Territtory and settled in Kingfisher. It was here that Mr. Payne met and was married to Miss Elsie E. Robertson. Later Mr. and Mrs. Payne moved to old Day County which is now part of Ellis county. Here they both united with the Methodist church. In 1911 they moved to Roger Mills County, residing on a farm southwest of Cheyenne. In 1921 Mr. and Mrs. Payne moved to Cheyenne and have resided here since. After an illness of a serious nature which has lasted more or less continuously since September 1933, Mr. Payne quietly passed away on June 13, 1935, at his home in his city. Mr. Payne is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elsie Payne, her father, Mr. J.F. Robertson, and six children. They are W.F., Roy, Ralph and Richard Payne; Mrs. Ruby Maddux and Elsie Gertrude Payne. He has three living brothers, J.R. Payne of Kansas City, Missouri, Ben Payne of Cisco, Texas, and Joe Payne of Cheyenne; and one sister, Mrs. Vernie Alcorn of Alpough, California. Besides his family and brothers and sister, he has eight grandchildrren and a host of other relatives and many friends. Those who knew him remember his friendship as a thing of joy, and his sunny disposition as a thing of beauty. The interment was made in the Cheyenne cemetery, Cheyenne, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma June 16, 1935. The Tunnard Funeral Home in charge of arrangements and services conducted by Rev. Dwight R. Hunt, pastor of the Methodist church, and assisted by Rev. J.H. Bradley, pastor of the Baptist Church. Mr. Payne was a man full of compassion for his fellowman who was in trouble or in illness. His sympathetic heart always went out to the afflicted and to those who were in sorrow. His sympathy and assistance was always looked forward to by those of this community when sympathy and assistance was needed. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 20-Jun-1935 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html