Payne, Delbert Leonard 'Sonny'

1933 - 2023  (89 years)

• Name	Payne, Delbert Leonard 'Sonny'
  		Delbert Leonard 'Sonny' Payne (1933-2023)
  Birth	17 May 1933	Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	PAYN.D005
  _FGRAVE	245448541
  Funeral	30 Mar 2023 (89 years)	Frank & Bright Funeral Home, Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [2]
  Military Service	United States Army  [2]
  Death	26 Mar 2023	Flora Gardens Care Center, Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [2]
  	Cause: Cancer
  Burial	Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [2, 3]
  		Headstone, Payne, Delbert L. and Norma J.
  Person ID	I11945	Carl Wayne Gray Research | Bricker - Shock Conrad Bricker and Lucinda Shock Descendants, Sullens - Dunagan John Benjamin Sullens and Mary Jane 'Polly' Dunagan Descendants
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	Payne, Pearl,   b. 19 Sep 1895, Illinois d. 31 Jul 1964 (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Anderson, Florence E.,   b. 4 Apr 1910, Illinois d. 29 Dec 1987 (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F5662	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sullens, N.
  Children	> 1. Payne, D. Sr. + 2. Payne, L. > 3. Payne, A.D. > 4. Payne, B. > 5. Payne, D.
  Family ID	F1739	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 17 May 1933 - Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois Death - Cause: Cancer - 26 Mar 2023 - Flora Gardens Care Center, Flora, Clay County, Illinois Funeral - 30 Mar 2023 - Frank & Bright Funeral Home, Flora, Clay County, Illinois Burial - - Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Delbert Leonard “Sonny” Payne, age 89, of Sailor Springs, Illinois, passed away Sunday morning, March 26, 2023, at Flora Gardens Care Center. He was born May 17, 1933, in Pixley Township, Clay County, the son of Pearl and Florence (Anderson) Payne. He was united in marriage to Norma J. Sullens on December 15, 1956, in Clay City and together they have shared 66 wedding anniversaries. Sonny worked making grain bins before deploying to Germany for a year during his service in the Army. He later worked at the Shoe Factory, in the oil field, and was a longtime mechanic running his own lawnmower shop. He was a member of the Community Southern Baptist Church in Clay City. He is survived by his wife: Norma Payne of Sailor Springs; 4 children: Dean (Mary) Payne Sr. of Sumner, Linda (Mike) Norris of Sailor Springs, Albert Dale (Kim) Payne of Sailor Springs, and Brenda (Rodney) Lynn of Clay City; 9 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; a sister: Elaine Anderson of Marseilles; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; and siblings: Henry Payne, Geneva Frank, Ethel Jennings, Lois Eastin, Matilda Ann “Toots” Payne, and James Payne. A funeral ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 30, 2023, at Frank & Bright Funeral Home in Flora. Interment will follow in Clay City Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 10-11 a.m. on Thursday at the funeral home. Memorial donations are suggested to Clay County Cancer Crusaders and will be accepted through the funeral home. The family wishes to thank the staff at Flora Gardens Care Center for their care and compassion.

  
  

• Sources

  [S414] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois, District 13-18, image 07, page 4a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00441?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 2). [S15390] Frank and Bright Funeral Homes, Obituary, Payne, Delbert Leonard "Sonny", 89, (https://www.frankandbright.com/obituaries/obit/1381/), none. (Reliability: 2). [S15692] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Payne, Delbert L. and Norma J., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/245448541/delbert-leonard-payne), none. (Reliability: 2).