Maggie Payne Obituary

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February 28, 1921

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February 10, 2017

Thank You Mother

...for your love and guidance.

...for Giving us a Godly heritage.

...for bringing me up in a godly home and being there for me.

...for you being able to get your “new body” and being able to “meet your Maker”.

-James -Helen

...for giving birth to me thus allowing me to live in this world for 73 years and teaching me to be a responsible person to my family.

-Geraldine -David

...for your love and devotion.

-Paula

-Rochester

...for your love.

...for all the prayers and wisdom that you’ve shared with me all my life. I’m also thankful that you were ready for your new body. I’ll always love and miss you, and rest with the assurance that I’ll see you again one day. I thank God for making you my mother and allowing me to be born into a Christian home.

-Betty

-Paul

...for your prayers, encouragement, wisdom and Love. I will always remember what you imparted in me.

-John

We will always love you!

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” ( Matthew 5:4, NIV)

Obituary

Maggie Payne was born on February 28, 1921, to the late Wilie and Rose

Hall in Sunflower County, Mississippi. She was the second of sixteen children.

Affectionately known as “Granny”, she confessed Jesus Christ as her Savior at an early age. She often said, “I knew I didn’t want to die and go to Hell”, and she devoted her llife to serving Jesus and showing his love to everyone that she met in her lifetime.

Maggie married James Payne on April 16, 1938. To this union, twelve children were born. Three children preceded her in death: Ruth (1955), Peter (1956), and Willie Edward (2011).

She was a faithful member of Faith Temple Holiness Church for many years, where she prepared food for the daycare, worked diligently with the singles ministry, and lifted her voice in praise with the music ministry. In her early years, she worked in the cotton field - picking over 300 pounds of cotton in a single day. She used this experience to teach her children the value of working hard. As a homemaker in her later years, she served as a Christian role model to young people, which she did passionately.

She peacefully answered the call of her Heavenly Father on February 10, 2017. Granny has finally received her “new body”.

To cherish her loving memory, she leaves five sons: James (Reola), Rochester, David (Ruby), Paul, and John (Dinah); one stepson, James (Barbara) Payne; four daughters: Helen Payne-Hill, Betty Payne-Jenkins, Geraldine Payne-Gilmore, and Paula Payne; three siblings: Catherine (Mose) Williams, Veola Walton, and W. H. Hall; thirty-two grandchildren, sixty-one great-grandchildren, thirteen great-great-grandchildren, and a host of other relatives, church members and close friends who will cherish her legacy forever.

The Celebration of Life

Processional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Family of Maggie Payne Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Faith Temple Holiness Church Choir Scripture Reading

Old Testament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Minister Antonio Owens

New Testament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Councilwoman Patrice Robinson Prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Eric Farmer Pastor, Spirit of Life Healing Wings Solo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .”Amazing Grace” . . . . . . . . . . . . Tamiko Baker Expressions (3 Minutes, please) Pastor Andrew Jackson, Sr. (Faith Temple Holiness Church) Angela Dennie (Granddaughter) Lindsay Freeman (Great-granddaughter) Lailah Owens (Great-granddaughter) (Friend) Solo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ”I Won’t Complain” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pamela Hall Reflections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Catherine Williams, Sister Special Video Presentation Words of Comfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pastor Jesse Payne Solo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ”I Can Only Imagine” . . . . . . . . . DeZaria Powers Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dr. Carolyn Bibbs The Eulogy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John M. Payne Recessional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Family of Maggie Payne

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Remembering Granny

“28Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.

29 Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all. 30Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. 31Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.�

(Proverbs 31:28-31, KJV)

Acknowledgment

We, the family of Maggie “Granny� Payne, would like to thank you, our friends and family, for all the love and support you have shown to us during this time. Each act of kindness - phone calls, visits, cards, flowers, and prayers - has not gone unnoticed.

No words can express our deepest heartfelt gratitude. Our prayer is that God blesses each of you.

The family gives special acknowledgment to our sister, Paula Payne, and our brother, David Payne, for giving tirelessly of themselves in taking care of our mother.

Active Pallbearers

Cassell Gilmore, Jr. Keith Dennie, jr.

Seadrick Brassell Christopher Gilmore

Terence Jones Larry Yancy

James Payne, Jr. David Payne

Rochester Payne Paul Payne

John Payne

Honorary Pallbearers

Final Resting Place

New Park Cemetery s 4536 Horn Lake Road s Memphis, TN 38109

Memorial Repast

Abundant Grace Fellowship Church s 1574 E. Shelby Drive s Memphis, TN 38116

Arrangements Entrusted To

E. H. Ford Mortuary Services s 3390 Elvis Presley Blvd. s Memphis, TN 38116