NAME: LETA LEOLA (DAVIS) PAYNE, AGE 84, A LIFETIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: DECEMBER 22, 1916 AT REYNOLDS IN NORTH ATOKA COUNTY TO WALTER THEDORE AND ALMA (GRIFFITH) PAYNE. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 2001 AT HER RESIDENCE EAST OF ATOKA. AGE: 84 YEARS AND 28 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT REYNOLDS AND LIMESTONE GAP.

MARRIED: HORACE PAYNE ON JULY 19, 1937 AT ATOKA, OK.

OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER AND HAD WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS AT BLUE BELL AND AT THE THUNDERBIRD MOTEL.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH.

SHE WAS ALONGTIME MEMBER OF THE HARMONY EXTENSION HOMEMAKERS CLUB.

SURVIVED BY

CHILDREN: ELZIE RAY PAYNE OF ATOKA, OK. CHARLES PAYNE AND WIFE HELLEN OF MOORE, OK. EUNA PAYNE OF COALGATE, OK. LARRY PAYNE AND WIFE DALE OF ATOKA, OK. MICHAEL PAYNE AND WIFE FRANCIS OF OKLAHOMA CITY.

SISTER: CLEO BURKE OF TEMPE, AZ.

11 GRANDCHILDREN AND 18 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: WALTER AND ALMA DAVIS. HUSBAND: HORACE PAYNE IN 1992. GRANDSON: BILLY PAYNE. BROTHER: LLOYD, TOM, KENNETH, JAKE, AND BILL DAVIS.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2001 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH, EAST OF ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. JASON YARBROUGH.

CASKETBEARERS: SCOTT HAMILTON, CHARLES SANDERS, BILLY WAYNE GOODSON, JOHNNY MORRIS, DEWAYNE PAYNE, WES MOORE, HAROLD THOMPSON.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: KENNETH COCHRAN, MUNROE COCHRAN, LARRY PAYNE LL, MICHAEL PAYNE LL, ELVIN FORD.