Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Payne, Leonard Kimball, Jr. January 11, 2008
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Virginian-Pilot  January 14, 2008
WHITE STONE - Leonard Kimball Payne Jr., 86, of White Stone, Lancaster County, 
died Jan. 11, 2008, in his home after a brief illness.

Mr. Payne was born Sept. 30, 1921, in Norfolk, to Leonard Kimball Payne and Helen 
McLaughlin Payne. He was married for 56 years to Mary John Moore Payne of 
Lynchburg. They started their life together in Lynchburg where Mr. Payne worked 
for the Gary Steel Corporation. The family later moved to Lexington. Mr. Payne 
retired in 1987 from his position as purchasing manager for Modine Manufacturing 
Company in Buena Vista. He and Mary John moved to White Stone in 1996 to be close 
to the water that he loved.

A veteran of the Navy, Mr. Payne was a past commander of the American Legion Old 
Dominion Post 67 in Norfolk. He was also a past member of the Virginia Beach 
Society of 40 and 8, and the Virginia Yacht Club. He was a life member and past 
president of the National Association of Purchasing Management-Virginia, Inc. A 
devoted Rotarian, he was a Paul Harris Fellow and participated in many activities 
of the Kilmarnock/White Stone Rotary Club. He also volunteered at the Northern 
Neck Free Health Clinic. Kimball had a special attachment and dedication to those 
with mental and/or physical disabilities. He was a longtime board member and past 
president of the Rockbridge Area Occupational Center and he volunteered and served 
as a board member of the Lewis B. Puller Center in Gloucester.

He was predeceased by his sister, Wilhemenia Van Namee.

Kimball is survived by his wife, Mary John; their four children and spouses, 
Leonard Kimball Payne III and Leslie Miller Payne of Lynchburg, William Hodges 
Payne of Stafford, John Thomas and Kathleen Ferreira Payne of Stafford and Phillip 
Churchill and Elizabeth Tazewell Payne Rinehart of Virginia Beach; eight 
grandchildren, Helen Payne Jarrett, Leonard Kimball Payne IV, Jean Payne Pfautz, 
Samuel Miller Payne , Mary Rachel Payne, Jacob Thomas Payne, Rachael Elizabeth 
Payne and Jessica Anne Rinehart; two great-grandchildren, Rebecca Tazewell Jarrett 
and Leslie Anne Jarrett; and a nephew, Jim Van Namee of Colorado Springs.

A Mass of the Resurrection will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Saint Francis de 
Sales Parish, Kilmarnock, with Father James C. Bruse officiating. Reception to 
follow. Interment will be in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Norfolk, at a later 
date.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Lewis B. Puller Center 
Building Campaign, c/o Arc of the Virginia Peninsula Inc., 2520 58th St., Hampton, 
VA 23661.

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