Obit of Billie Stinson Burrow Payne (p500) - Stephens County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Karla Sharp 5 Mar 2003 Return to Stephens County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/stephens/stephens.htm ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ==================================================================== Billie Stinson Burrow Payne Billie Stinson Burrow Payne was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma, June 4,1913, to Homer T. and Audie Gann Burrow, and passed from this life Wednesday, December 25, 2002 at her home in Marlow, she was 89. The name Stinson was also the name of the physician who delivered Billie. Her mother, Audie, died in 1915 giving birth to her sister, also named Audie. Her father Homer and his parents, the Burrows, raised her and her infant sister, from the time she was two years old. She first attended school in Purdy, Oklahoma, in a two room schoolhouse. Later moving to Lindsay, she attended Lindsay High School, graduating in 1930. She went on to attend Oklahoma A & M College, where she became a life long member of the Pi Beta Phi Sorority. The depression came along and cut short her college education after three years and she went to work teaching school at the country school in Alex, Oklahoma. This was the beginning of her 34-year teaching career. She eventually completed her education graduating from East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma. On April 15, 1943, Billie and Joseph Ray Payne, Jr. (Jodie), were married in Lindsay, Oklahoma. She then moved to Jodie’s home in Marlow, Oklahoma, and continued teaching at Marlow Elementary School. They had a wonderful life together until Jodie’s death in 1990. Billie is a member of the First United Methodist Church of Marlow and taught a special Sunday school class for over 30 years. She was also a member of the First United Methodist ESA Gamma Phi Chapter of Marlow. Billie’s remaining family consists of two nieces Ann Stewart Gromer and Jain Stewart Rasmussen both of Sebadstopol, CA; a brother-in-law William T. Payne and his wife Sharon of Fort Worth, TX; a sister-in- law Marylyn Wade and her husband James of Marlow; and cousins Maurice Moore, Ganna Hudson, Delbert Gann, Wayne Gann, Zora Johnson, Jessie Ray Stone, Charles McKinney, Mary Lou Mahaffey, Bob Lyle, Jarrell Barnhill, Helen Lyle Broyles, Mary Kuntz and Tom Lyle, the many lives she touched as a teacher of first and third grades and a host of friends. She is preceded in death by her parents; and her sister Audie Burrow Stewart in 2002. Services were held Saturday December 28, 2002, at 11 a.m. at Callaway-Smith-Cobb Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Charles Ryser and John DeYong officiating. Burial was held in the Marlow Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers were Scott Dittner; Ed Bailey; Press Mahaffey, Greg Mahaffey; Bob Greer; and Bobby Blanton. Honorary pallbearers were Jeff Latimer; Marvin Keck; Wayne Merideth; Dr. Bruce Scott; and Jimmy Burton. Memorial contributions can be made to the First United Methodist Women or the First United Methodist Church Fund in Marlow, Oklahoma Source: Marlow [OK] Review, Jan 2, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Stephens County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/stephens/stephens.htm