Extracted from The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, MS)
Saturday, December 27, 1969

SIDNEY J. PAYNE

HOLCOMB -- Sidney Johnson Payne, 73, died Thursday at his home in Tallahatchie County after a short illness.

Payne was a retired farmer and a veteran of World War I.

Funeral services will be held from National Funeral Home chapel Saturday at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Magnolia Garden cemetery.

Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Ebbie Hughes Payne; two daughters Mrs. Judy Ann Morgan and Mrs. Edwin Winters both of Holcomb; one brother, Reece Payne of Beaufort, S.C.; three sisters Mrs. W. D. Coleman, Mrs. W. L. Harris and Mrs. B. L. Larkin, all of Holcomb; three grandchildren.