Well, The Great Payne Reunion 2023 is in the books, and, I tell you, it seems that as the family gets bigger, the reunions get better! Friday Saturday Sunday
2021 Report
House Report Visitors Amy Potts had a long June visit to the LM House. The main purpose was to be there on June 20 – marking exactly one hundred years since her father, Roger, was born in the homeplace. To celebrate, Amy made a pot of soupbeans and some cornbread. She may or may not [read more…]
2020 Report
House Report Visitors: It was a busy year at our Lone Mountain House, with several visits by Margaret Schneider and her daughter, Shannon. Margaret did a lot of work in and around the house. She also reported a small fire out back that was caused by a transformer. She may have saved the house by [read more…]
The Seventh Generation and Club Payne
An annual membership mailing was sent out this week to all the Payne descendants 18 and older for whom we have addresses. We have done a very good job keeping in touch with most of the family. The charter of the Payne Company limits membership in Club Payne (thus, ownership rights) to direct descendants of [read more…]
2019 Report
House Report There was not much to report about the house in 2019. Corey Payne visited the house with friends in September. Byrd > Clarence > Bill > Gene > Corey Amy was there in the spring and met second cousin on the Jennings side, Tom Jennings. It turns out that Tom owns the part [read more…]
Support the Payne Family Cemetery
All of the Byrd and A Payne descendants have ancestors buried at the Payne Family Cemetery at Lone Mountain. Byrd and A are both there, as well as Byrd’s parents Anderson G. Payne, who died in 1907, and Elizabeth Day Burdine Payne, who died in 1922. Many of our relatives are buried there. Paul E. [read more…]