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Leona Alberta Payne was born August 9, 1933 in Muskogee, Oklahoma to Joseph Frank and Clare Elizabeth (Wright) Peters. She had made her home in Okay, Oklahoma for nearly forty years. Alberta, who everyone lovingly called "Grammy", loved to care for her family, especially when she was cooking for everybody. She liked gardening and bird watching. Mrs. Payne departed this life on Saturday, November 28, 2015 at Saint John Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 82 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Clinton Payne, on January 17, 1999; by a granddaughter, Dina Faye Norman on November 20, 2014; and by two sons, Joseph Payne and Bradford Payne. Survivors include three children, Raymond, Evelene, and Angalene, and their families. Son Raymond Clinton Payne, Jr. has one daughter, Rose Elizabeth Billey. Daughter, Evelene Howard has three children, Jennifer and David Wheeler, their children, Christopher and Alex, Jason Howard, and Amber Howard and her three children, Jaden, Jasmine and Ethan. Daughter, Angalene and Eugene Rhodes, have two children, Christie Geisler and her son, Brandon, and Justin Rhodes. Survivors also include many nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends. A graveside memorial service will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, December 4, 2015 at Fort Gibson National Cemetery in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma.

The broken chain

We little knew that morning
God was to call your name.
In life we loved you dearly,
In death we do the same.
It broke our hearts to lose you,
You did not go alone.
For part of us went with you
The day god called you home.
You left us beautiful memories,
Your love is still our guide,
And though we cannot see you,
You are always at our side.
Our family chain is broken,
And nothing seems the same,
But god calls us one by one,
The chain will link again

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Memorial Service

December

4

Fort Gibson National Cemetery

1423 Cemetery Rd, Fort Gibson, OK 74434

Starts at 11:00 am

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