CALVIN HOOVER PAYNE

 

Calvin Hoover Payne died on February 23, 2013 at the age of 85.  Although the Payne/Foster Reunion obviously includes the descendants of Dr. Isaac and Sarah Foster Kidd Payne, efforts by Peggy Payne years ago led to the identification of many descendants of two of Dr. Payne's brothers, Jeremiah and Joseph B. Payne.  Both brothers, like Isaac, left Georgia after the Civil War, came to Louisiana, and started families here.  Some of the descendants of these two brothers attended our reunions in later years.  One of these individuals was Cavin Payne.    

 

Calvin served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean War, was multitalented, very personable, a great neighbor, and loved animals.  He had been a mail carrier and clerk, oilfield man, and an oil and gas lease salesman.  He was outgoing, confident and wanted to make people laugh.  He instilled an important sense of self responsibility in his children.  Calvin sang in a barbershop quartet, and when in a nursing home later he would often sing old gospel songs.

 

He was preceded in death by his parents, Jacob B. Payne (son of Joseph B. Payne) and Edith Mae Causey Payne Crawford and step-father, Rev. M.B. Crawford . He was also preceded in death by all his sisters, Eunice Payne Hughes, Maxey Payne Jones Coon, and Oma Payne Goins.  Calvin was survived by his son, Mike Payne; daughter, Melissa Payne Reid; granddaughters, Deni Reid Troxclair, Rene Reid Beaubouef, and Sierra Marie Payne; great-granddaughter, Cala Fay Troxclair; special niece, Tami Jones Watkins and husband, Charlie; and numerous nieces and nephews.