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Virginia E. Payne

Virginia E. Payne, 100, of Fayetteville died March 11, 2014, in Fayetteville. She was born Jan. 2, 1914, in Detroit, Mich., to Locklin and Clementine Bernier Riley. She and her husband moved to Arkansas in 2000 to be near her children, and in 2002 her second husband passed away. She resided in Mount Clemens, Mich., most of life with her second husband, Dr. Edwin B. Payne. She was a life member of the Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star of Michigan. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Robert S. Warren; and Dr. Edwin B. Payne, her second husband of 50 years. Virginia is the mother of Sharon J. Walker and Robert G. Warren, and grandmother to six grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren, along with many great-great-grandchildren, and numerous nephews and nieces. She will be dearly missed by her children, Robert and Sharon, and daughter-in-law, Le Ming. She will be buried next to her husband, Dr. Payne, in the Davis Cemetery in Washington, Mich., at a later date. Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, March 29, 2014, at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Fayetteville. Online condolences may be made to www.siscofuneral.com.

Published March 23, 2014

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