Alonzo Payne, 44
Alonzo Payne, of Coleman, passed away Thursday, July 12, 2007, at a Galveston hospital after a long illness. Funeral
services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 17, at Mount Calvary
Church of God in Christ in Coleman with Elder L. C. Smith officiating.
Burial at Coleman City Cemetery. Mr. Payne will lie in repose from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday. The family will receive friends from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday at Mount Calvary Church of God in Christ. All arrangements are under the direction of Baker-Kirk Mortuary.
Alonzo was born
September 21, 1962 to the parentage of Emmett and Mary Ann Baker
Payne. He attended public schools in Coleman and was a graduate of
Coleman High School, where he excelled in basketball. He attended Waco
Community College. He had been a chef at various establishments. Called
a "special child" by his family, he was an artist who was mild-mannered
and well-loved by his family. He often babysat his nieces and nephews.
Left to cherish
his memories are his parents, Emmett and Mary Ann Payne of Coleman; two
sisters, Doris Jean Larkin and husband Tommy Larkin of Pioneer and
Kimala Sampson and husband Wayne Sampson of Rhode Island; grandfather,
David Jackson; four nieces, Charlene Payne, Na'Talya Payne, Bridgette
Padgitt and Courtney Larkin; two nephews, Emmett Lavell Brown and
Manuel Valles; four great-nieces, Brijonae Morris, Carmelia Kincaid,
Sierra Brown and Samara Padgitt; and a host of relatives and many, many
friends.
(Coleman
Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, July 17, 2007.)
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