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Submitted: 1/23/10 • Approved: 3/27/20 • Last Updated: 3/30/20 • R282207-G282206-S3
July 18, 1912, Baxter County, Arkansas.
September 23, 1965, Clinton, Van Buren County, Arkansas.
*Obituary
The Baxter Bulletin
September 30, 1965
Mrs. Elsie Davis Payne of Route 2, Mt. Home, died Thursday, Sep 23, in Van Buren County Hospital at Clinton. She was a resident of the Buford Community, south of Mt. Home.
Funeral services were held at 2PM Monday at the Fairview Methodist Church of Buford with Rev. Bill Stinnett of Mt. Home officiating.
Interment was in the Fairview Cemetery under the direction of the McClure Service. Pallbearers were, Abe Heiskill, George Johnson, Henry Bettag, Louis Knight, Howard Wynn and Ray Martin.
Mrs. Payne, the daughter of Steve Davis and Minnie Merrill Davis, was born July 18, 1912 in Baxter County. She was a lifetime resident of the county and a member of the Assembly of God Church.
Survivors include her husband, J.E. Payne of Mt. Home; a son, Gene Payne of Kansas City, MO; a daughter, Mrs. Reba Heiskill of Mt. Home; four grandchildren; three brothers, Joe Davis of Idaho and George and Sanford Davis, both of Summerson, WA, and three sister Mrs. Nancy White of Mt. Home, Mrs. Mary Earnhart of Conway, and Mrs. Donnie Hulsenbeck of Michigan.
(Photo courtesy of Vera Reeves)
Contributed on 1/23/10 by maxparnell
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