Sue Payne Leach  (June 19, 1924 - July 1, 2014)



A faithful and long-time attendee of Payne/Foster Reunions died last month.  Sue Payne was the ninth of ten children of I.B. (Buddy) and Martha Payne.  Living in Hudson, very near the site of her father's and mother's home and community store, Sue Leach was a friend of many and a church member of the Welcome Home Church on Highway 34.  She was the wife of Phillip Leach, who preceded her in death years ago.

 

Sue Leach is survived by her two sons, Robert and Don, and two daughters, Geneva and Tami, as well as a sister, Laura Bonnete, of Ruston and a brother, I.B. Payne of Bossier City.  She had numerous grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.  The Hudson Community won't be the same with Sue Leach's passing.

 

Marilyn Pippen Payne

We received word recently of the passing in June 2014 of Marilyn Pippen Payne, wife of Dr. Jerry Payne and mother of Melissa McCollum, a previous president of the Payne/Foster Reunion.  Marilyn Pippen met Jerry Payne while they both attended Northwestern State University in Natchitoches and had been married 56 years.  Marilyn and Jerry Payne had five children, two sons, Maldon and Ronnie, and three daughters, Donnis, Melissa, and Jeannie, and they resided in Marshall, TX.

Dr. Jerry Payne and his children are descendants of Braxton Payne, one of the seven children of Dr. I.B. Payne and Sarah Foster Kidd Payne.  Braxton Payne was a businessman and community leader in the Dodson area in the first half of the twentieth century.