Gaye Payne, 91, longtime Seminole resident, died Sunday, July 20, 2014 in Seminole, Oklahoma. Gaye was born October 13, 1922 in Round Prairie Area near Allen, Oklahoma, to Willie Mae (Barnett) and William Jackson Moore.
Gaye grew up in the Round Prairie area near Allen, Oklahoma and attended school there; she married Ray Payne on August 13, 1939 in Gerty, Oklahoma. They moved to Seminole in 1950 and made their home here. Gaye worked at Blue Bell and retired from Wrangler Corporation after more than 30 years of service in Quality Control.
Gaye was a lifelong member of the Baptist Church and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Seminole, Oklahoma, where she was active in WMU. She was a great person, who loved her family and took very good care of them. She was very generous and a wonderful Christian lady. She was an accomplished seamstress, with much detail in making dresses for all occasions and even made prom dresses and graduation dresses for area girls.
Gaye is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Jack and Brenda Payne of Earlsboro, Oklahoma; one half-sister Jean Kimble of Bakersfield, California, two grandchildren Brad Payne and Stacey Payne Miller and her husband John, two great-grandchildren Alex Payne and Analea Payne, and a host of nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Ray Payne on January 9, 1995, a brother Cecil Moore and a sister Velma Wilson.
Memorial Services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, July 23, 2014 at the Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Seminole, Oklahoma with Marvin Kehl officiating at the service.
Gaye Payne, 91, longtime Seminole resident, died Sunday, July 20, 2014 in Seminole, Oklahoma. Gaye was born October 13, 1922 in Round Prairie Area near Allen, Oklahoma, to Willie Mae (Barnett) and William Jackson Moore.
Gaye grew up in the Round Prairie area near Allen, Oklahoma and attended school there; she married Ray Payne on August 13, 1939 in Gerty, Oklahoma. They moved to Seminole in 1950 and made their home here. Gaye worked at Blue Bell and retired from Wrangler Corporation after more than 30 years of service in Quality Control.
Gaye was a lifelong member of the Baptist Church and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Seminole, Oklahoma, where she was active in WMU. She was a great person, who loved her family and took very good care of them. She was very generous and a wonderful Christian lady. She was an accomplished seamstress, with much detail in making dresses for all occasions and even made prom dresses and graduation dresses for area girls.
Gaye is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Jack and Brenda Payne of Earlsboro, Oklahoma; one half-sister Jean Kimble of Bakersfield, California, two grandchildren Brad Payne and Stacey Payne Miller and her husband John, two great-grandchildren Alex Payne and Analea Payne, and a host of nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Ray Payne on January 9, 1995, a brother Cecil Moore and a sister Velma Wilson.
Memorial Services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, July 23, 2014 at the Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Seminole, Oklahoma with Marvin Kehl officiating at the service.
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