Location: M-Harris

Born: September 3, 1920 China Spring, McLennan County, Texas

Died: August 8, 2000 DeSoto, Dallas County, Texas

Parents:
Oscar Payne (1893 – 1973)
Annie Pearl Talbert Payne (1897 – 2005)

Spouse:
Wanda Marie Crawford Payne (1922 – 1990)

Children:
John Larry Payne (1949 – 1988)

DESOTO-John O. Payne, 79, of DeSoto, passed away, Aug., 8, 2000 in Dallas. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, Aug., 11 at China Spring United Methodist Church, China Spring, Texas, with the Rev. Allan Crant officiating.  A visitation will be at 10 a.m., until the service time.  Burial at China Spring Cemetery.  The family will receive visitors from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday at the funeral home.

Mr. Payne was born September 3, 1920 in China Spring.  He was retired from the U. S. Post Office.  He was preceded in death  by his wife Wanda Payne, January 1990; and a son, Dr. Larry Payne in August 1988.

He is survived by a daughter Carol and her husband Marvin Smith of DeSoto; a granddaughter, Stacie Marie South of Fort Worth; two grandsons, Randle Scott Payne and Dennis Todd Payne, both of Lewisville; his mother, Mrs. Oscar (Annie) Payne; and a sister, Mrs. B. G. (Ann) Moore, both of China Spring.