Margie Payne

Mrs. Margie Mae Payne, 83, of Mauk, GA, passed away on Wednesday, October 23, 2019, at her residence. A graveside funeral service will be held at 2:00pm on Friday, October 25, 2019, at Johnson Cemetery.

Mrs. Payne was born in Fairmount, GA, on April 1, 1936, to Tom and Ruby Tillery Perry. She had been employed with the Marion County School System in the lunchroom and as a bus driver. Mrs. Payne was Baptist by faith and enjoyed hanging out and spending time with her sisters. She also liked spending time with her family. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Steve Payne and a daughter Helena Payne.

She is survived by her sons, Dennis Payne and John Payne and a daughter, Terry Marlene Payne, all of Mauk, GA; by three brothers, Billy Perry, Thomas Danny Perry, and Clay Perry; by six sisters, Geneva Cox, Betty Jean Dyer, Lucille Turner, Helen Doris Bryant, Carol Sue Stone and Mary Ruth Ray; by two grandchildren, Sabrina Payne and John Payne, Jr.; and by two great-grandchildren, Savannah Sears and Marissa Payne. Several nieces and nephews also survive.

Watson-Tante Funeral Home is in charge of these arrangements.