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OBITUARY - The Salem Leader or Democrat; after 1 February 1913:

Catharine Payne was born Nov. 7th, 1833, and departed this life, Feb. 1st, 1913, aged 79 years, 3 months and 25 days. She was married to Jeremiah L. Payne, March 25, 1852. To this union were born seven children, six girls and one boy, five of whom preceded her to the great beyond.

She leaves to mourn her loss two children, Lucinda C. Walker and Samuel O. Payne; eight grandchildren and one great grandchild, three sisters, Susan Burkett, of Illinois, Nancy Ashabraner, of California, Louisa Beeson, of Jeffersonville, Ind., one brother, Robert J. Mull, at South Boston, Ind., and a host of other relatives and friends.

After lingering for nearly three months with old age and heart trouble, she passed quietly away. She was a good friend and neighbor, ever ready to lend a helping hand in sickness at any time.

The funeral was conducted by Rev. Ben Taylor, assisted by Rev. Scott Applegate, at her son’s where she always made her home. A large crowd attended at 2 o’clock, Feb. 2nd.

CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our good neighbors and relatives for the kindness they have shown us during the long illness and death of our mother and grandmother, Mrs. Catharine Payne.

THE FAMILY.

OBITUARY #1 – The Salem Democrat; Wednesday, April 6, 1932

RESPECTED AGED RESIDENT PASSES

Mrs. Caroline Walker, 74, of Washington county, died Tuesday morning following a long illness.

Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at two o’clock from the Conoway church by the Rev. W. A. Hunter. Burial will be in the Payne cemetery.

Two sons, Edward B. of Salem, Albert L. of South Boston and one daughter, Mrs. Rosie Bell Taylor of Washington county survive.

OBITUARY #2 – The Salem Democrat; Wednesday, after April 6, 1932

Lucinda Caroline Payne, daughter of Jeremiah and Catherine Payne was born in Washington County, Indiana, July 11, 1857 and departed this life April 5, 1932, aged 74 years, 8 months and 24 days.

She was united in marriage to William A. Walker, Jan. 6, 1881 and to this union five children were born of which two sons, an infant, and Wilford Lee preceded her to the grave. The living children are Edward B., of Salem, Albert L., of South Boston and Mrs. Claude Taylor of South Boston.

Besides the children she leaves to mourn their loss, four grandchildren and one great grandchild, besides host of other relatives and friends.

She had been in poor health for several years. Throughout her illness she bore her suffering without a murmur.

When we think of how she suffered,

Then we know that God knew best;

For this life is full of sorrow

That all of us must share.

Asleep in Jesus, Oh, how sweet,

From which none ever wake to weep.

Funeral services were conducted Thursday at two o’clock, from the Conoway church by the Rev. W. A. Hunter. Burial was in the Payne cemetery.

Obituary - The Salem, Indiana Leader; 16 Nov. 1928:

S. O. PAYNE PASSES AWAY AT SO. BOSTON

Was LEADER Correspondent For More Than Forty Years

The LEADER joins a host of friends and neighbors in paying tribute to a faithful friend in South Boston, S. O. Payne, who, for more than forty years served this paper as correspondent from his community. He was always ready to serve in this duty in which he found great pleasure and never failed to send the news of his neighborhood until shortly before his death which occurred at his home last Friday.

Samuel Oscar Payne, son of Jeremiah and Catherine Payne, was born July 21, 1866, and departed this life, Nov. 9, 1928, age 62 years, 3 months and 18 days, he being the youngest child and only son of a family of 6 children.

He was united in marriage to Dora L. McClellan on August 12, 1886, and to this union were born 5 children, Eva, Ray and Willie, of this place, Mrs. Jason McCoskey, of Webster City, Iowa, and Mrs. Ellis Rodman, who preceded her father to the Great Beyond three years ago.

Besides his wife and four children he leaves to mourn his departure, one sister, Mrs. William A. Walker, of South Boston, five grandchildren and a multitude of neighbors and friends.

He became a member of the Methodist church at Conway when he was but eighteen years of age, where he worshipped and toiled for the betterment of the community as long as he was able to attend. Four years ago he developed a cancer and, although everything was done that was humanly possible it was of no avail.

Oscar, for that was the name by which we knew him best, holds an enviable place in the hearts of the people of this community. It can truthfully be said that none was more loyal in the support of church, school and other worthy enterprises in the community, always ready to do his share in sickness or to help the unfortunate. These qualities, together with his unusually pleasant disposition, gave him a welcome wherever he was known. He leaves a vacant place in the home and the entire community regrets their loss but it is satisfying to remember that his life has not been lived in vain.

Sunset and evening star,

And one clear call for me!

And may there be no moaning of the bar,

When I put out to sea.

For tho’ from out our bourne of time and place,

The flood may bear me far,

I hope to see my Pilot face to face

When I have crossed the bar.

After Florence died, Emmett married Corrie [Cora "Corrie" (Abney) Davis]. Corrie was not interested in raising the children so they were were raised by their Aunt Grace [Permelia Grace (Payne) Elrod] and her husband on their farm in Remington, Indiana. (I-65 later bisected the Elrod farm.) Corrie died in the 1950's. After Corrie died, Ivan moved in with his father. Emmett married for a third time to Edith Davisson. Edith had eight grown children of her own. She was a fun loving women who took in Emmett's children and grandchildren as her own. Edith died in the early 1960's of a heart attack. Emmett was a real artisan and spent much of his later years making things of wood. His granddaughter has a box of farm wagons he made that are to scale. Emmett kept a journal that would make interesting reading.

Emmett was killed in an automobile accident in 1967. His granddaughter, Phyllis (Payne) Culp, tells about going over to Emmett's house after his death to clean out the refrigerator. She was about to enter the back door when a teenage boy came up and wanted to know what she was doing, breaking into his grandfather's house. Phyllis was sure he was not one of Emmett's grandchildren. They finally figured out that he was one of Edith's grandchildren who was very fond of Emmett.

Emmett's son Clarence went to work in the CCC camps in Coeur d' Alene, Idaho in the late 1920's. He was very bitter about his earnings going back to the father who didn't want him. Clarence blamed Franklin D. Roosevelt for everything bad that happened to him from that point on. Clarence and Emmett eventually patched up a relationship and were even in the construction business together for a period of time.

Emmett's daughter Mary never fully recovered from her mother's death. She had little to do with Emmett after that and her son and daughter never knew Emmett as a grandfather. Mary married Allen Hunter, a local politician. Phyllis, Mary's niece, says Mary was very elegant. She had a laugh that sounded like glass wind chimes. Mary's children live in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Emmett's son Ivan had some brain damage due to hydrocephalus. Ivan never married. He worked at a number of task directed jobs and retired from the Federal Government as a security guard at the Fort Harrison Army Base in Indianapolis, Indiana.