Cunningham, J.B.

J.B. married Tabb, S.L. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Cunningham, A.M.
2. Cunningham, D.T.

D.E. married Payne, F.E. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Retired Meat Cutter
• Reference Number: PAYN.E003
• _FGRAVE: 18083828
• Military Service: Korean War, Private First Class, United States Army
• Funeral: 22 May 2006, Clay City First Baptist Church, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois

Notes:

Earl Edwin Payne, 79, of Olney, IL, formerly of Clay City, died May 20, 2006, at Richland Memorial Hospital in Olney.

Mr. Payne was born April 9, 1927 in Clay County, the son of Crawford and Bertha Earhart Payne. He married Famie Gray January 11, 1953.

He was a retired meat cutter and member of Clay City First Baptist church. He was a U. S. Army veteran, and a member of Olney Oddfellows, and Sailor Springs American Legion.

Survivors include his wife; a daughter Earlene Cunningham; a son, David Payne; a brother, Sherman Payne; a sister, Dorothy Brown; and two grandchildren.

Preceding him in death were his parents, four brothers, Robert, Walter, Glen, and Ralph; and two sisters, Amy Grabowski and Edna Wyatt.

Funeral services were held at Clay City First Baptist Church with burial in Clay City Cemetery.

Graveside military rites were handled by the Sailor Springs American Legion.

Summers-Kistler Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

(Published Hometown Journal)

Earl married Gray, Famie Pearl on 11 Jan 1953 in Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. Famie (daughter of Gray, Henry Lewis and Payne, Maude May) was born on 10 Dec 1931 in Clay City, Clay County, Illinois; died on 17 Sep 2017 in Carle Richland Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois; was buried on 22 Sep 2017 in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: GRAY.F001
• _FGRAVE: 183528793
• Funeral: 22 Sep 2017, Kistler-Patterson Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois

Notes:

Famie Pearl Payne, 85, of Olney, passed away on Sunday, September 17, 2017 at Carle Richland Memorial Hospital in Olney, IL.

She was born on December 10, 1931 in Clay City, IL, the daughter of Henry and Maude (Payne) Gray.

She married Earl Edwin Payne on January 11, 1953 in Clay City, IL. He preceded her in death on May 20, 2006.

Famie managed the Oddfellows campground in Clay City for two years. She enjoyed playing bingo and being around people.

Famie is survived by her daughter, Earlene (Dave) Cunningham; son, David Wayne Payne; grandchildren, Jason (Shana) Cunningham and Aaron Cunningham; great-grandchildren, Avalyn and Donevan; sister, Clarabelle Kittle; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and brothers, Ralph, Johnny, Eugene, and Ray Dean Gray.

Memorials can be made to American Diabetes Association.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: PAYN.C005
• _FGRAVE: 24145110

Crawford + Earhart, Bertha E.. Bertha (daughter of Earhart, Oscar E. and Taylor, Mary Ann) was born on 3 Jun 1887 in Wayne County, Illinois; died on 16 Feb 1971 in Burgin Manor Nursing Home, Olney, Richland County, Illinois; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: EARH.B001
• _FGRAVE: 24145124

Notes:

Mrs. Bertha Edith Payne 83, formerly of Clay City, died at 12:30 this morning at the Burgin Nursing Home in Olney.

She was born in Wayne County June 3, 1887.

Surviving are six sons, Robert of Sailor Springs, Sherman of Flora, Earl E. of Salem, Walter, Glenn and Ralph, all of Clay City; three daughters, Mrs. Charles (Edna) Wyatt of Jefferson, Ore., Mrs. Edwin (Amy) Grabowski and Mrs. Steve (Dorothy) Brown, both of Decatur.

Also surviving are a brother and two sisters, Oggie Earhart of Utica, Mrs. Everett Brown of Arthur and Mrs. Amy Brown of Belleflower, Calif.; 14 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Clay City.

Services will be at the First Baptist Church in Clay City, with burial in the Clay City Cemetery. Friends may call at the Cardascio-Easley Funeral Home in Clay City , then the body will be taken to the church.

Taken from the Olney Daily Mail, Olney, IL, Februay, 1971.

Contributor: Barbara Bromm (47643809) • tgram63@outlook.com

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farm Laborer, Railroad Carpenter
• Reference Number: GRAY.H001
• _FGRAVE: 24197176

Notes:

According to the 1940 Census, he had attended 3 years of college. the code used in this census has been marked over, so it is possible that the code was incorrectly interpreted.

Birth:
According to the 1900 Census, Henry was born in May, 1894. Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index, (index for John Leo Gray) 1916-1947 says he was born in Randolph County, Illinois.

Henry married Payne, Maude May on 26 Sep 1914 in Noble, Richland County, Illinois. Maude (daughter of Payne, William Jackson 'Jackie' and Himebaugh, Maggie J.) was born on 3 Dec 1895 in Martin County, Indiana; died on 29 May 1983 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois; was buried on 31 May 1983 in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: PAYN.M001
• _FGRAVE: 24197164
• Funeral: 31 May 1983, Hosselton-Bookout-Engelmeier Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois

Notes:

Maude M. Gray, 87, Clay City, died at 2:40 a.m. Sunday in Richland Memorial Hospital.

Services were held at the Hosselton-Bookhout-Engelmeier Funeral Home in Clay City. Burial was in Clay City Cemetery.

She was born in Indiana Dec. 3, 1895 to Jackson and Maggie (Himebaugh) Payne. She married Henry Gray who died in 1968. She was a member of the Clay City Baptist Church and of the Sailer Springs American Legion Auxiliary.

She is survived by two sons, Eugene and Ray Dean, both of Clay City; two daughters, Mrs. Earl (Famie) Payne, Hot Springs, Ark., and Mrs. Verne (Clarabelle) Kittle, Dundas; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a grandson, two sons, three brothers, a sister and her parents.

Taken from the Olney Daily Mail, Olney, IL, May, 1983.

Birth:
Was Maude born in Illinois or was she born in Indiana?

Died:
Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois